Drawings

Mary Virgin; Saint Joseph; Nativity

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1868
Accession number: 2000.5.1226
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (17.1 x 13 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lancets and tracery circle showing Nativity (Mary and Joseph and Christ child in stable with animals). Left lancet shows Mary in blue over white, holding book and lilies. Right lancet shows St. Joseph in green and yellow over white, holding flowering spray. Name panels below figures. Quarry grounds. Multi-colored rose and crown borders.
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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