Drawings

Four Figure Windows; Christ on Cross; Adam & Eve; Sacrifices of Abel; Abraham and Noah

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1872
Accession number: 2000.5.1236
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893); Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lights and tracery - three trefoils above showing sacrifice of Abel (two figures kneeling before smoking altar, sheep to left), Sacrifice of Abraham (boy Isaac bearing wood) and Sacrifice of Noah (four figures kneeling by smoking altar, rainbow above). Two smaller tracery lights of minstrel angels with organ at left and lunette dulcimer at right. Subjects in two tiers in main lights. First light shows Melchisedek in brown over white holding chalice and below, Abel in green with shepherd's crook. Second light shows Aaron in blue and pnk over green, holding censer, and below, Enoch in red over green, hands in prayer. Central light shows Christ on Cross flanked by six angels, three above. Fourth light shows Samuel in blue and pink holding horn, and below, Noah in red over pink holding ark. Fifth light shows Zacharius in green and gold over white, holding censer, and below, Abraham, boy Isaac grasping his robes, Abraham holding a knife. He is in dark over light green.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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Four Figure Windows; Christ on Cross; Adam & Eve; Sacrifices of Abel; Abraham and Noah

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