Drawings
Saint Peter; Tiburtine Sibyl
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- Date
- ca. 1887
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1259
- Maker
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designer
- designed by 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.
