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Christ on Cross; Twelve Saints; Minstrel Angels; Christ in Majesty

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Christ on Cross; Twelve Saints; Minstrel Angels; Christ in Majesty

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1869
Accession number: 2000.5.1227
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893); designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)

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designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti(Opens in new tab) (British, 1828–1882)

Dimensions

9 x 6 1/2 in. (22.9 x 16.5 cm.)

Medium

watercolor and ink on paper

Description

Five lights with figures in three tiers, with only two subjects in center light. Two trefoils above of minstrel angels with dulcimer and double-pipes. Multi-foil above, center, of these showing Christ in Majesty, seated on rainbow, seraph heads around him. From left to right, first light shows (top to bottom), St. Peter in yellow and white with keys and book; St. Thomas in green and white with spear; St. Matthew in red and green, with open book. Second light shows St. James, Bishop of Jerusalem, in red, yellow and white, holding staff and church; St. Andrew with palm and cross in green and white; St. Simon in blue, with net over shoulder, holding saw and fish. Third light shows Christ on green cross with two flying angels on each side, and two angels above holding sun and moon. Below, scene of Nativity. The fourth light shows St. John in blue over yellow; St. James the Greater in pilgrim's staff and cap, with palm; St. Jude in red, holding halberd. Fifth light shows St. Paul in green and pink holding sword and open book; St. Philip holding pail and tall cross, in light blue; St. Bartholomew in blue and green, holding knife and book. Quarry grounds, names below figures in main lights.

Credit

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Department

European Art

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