Drawings

Saint Peter; Tiburtine Sibyl

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1887
Accession number: 2000.5.1259
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (23.8 x 20 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Paul in gold lined with pink over white, gesturing to altar inscribed 'ignoto deo'. Right light shows Tiburtine Sibyl with lion's skin over her head and shoulders, in white and gold, with a window or mirror behind her. Patterned red backgrounds. Two tracery panels above show flowers against red backgrounds. Verso shows leaf and floral designs sketched roughly in pencil.
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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