Drawings

Angels with Scrolls; Christ Ascending

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1880
Accession number: 2000.5.1243
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (30.2 x 14.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lancets and tracery. Left lancet shows angel in yellow over white with pink wings, holding scroll. Central lancet shows Christ ascending in white and yellow, hands raised. Right lancet shows angel in yellow over white with pink wings, holding scroll. Square quarry backgrounds. Scrolls and quarry grounds in tracery above.
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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