Drawings

Three Marys; Christ on the Cross; Saint John; Nicodemus and Saint Joseph

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1868
Accession number: 2000.5.1222
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (28.9 x 20.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery. One quatrefoil at top center showing angel and six wings (blue and green) and two trefoils below, in white, swinging censers. Left light shows four angels in yellow and white in clouds, and three Marys below. Central light shows Christ on green cross, six angels flying around him with red wings and two angels above holding sun and moon. Right light shows four angels in white in clouds, with St. John. Nicodemus and St. Joseph below. Quarry grounds.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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