Drawings

Nativity; Adoration of the Magi; Christ in the Carpenter's Shop; Christ Among the Doctors in the Temple

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1893
Accession number: 2000.5.1269
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (21.6 x 9.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light shows Nativity - Mary in white, reclining above, Jesus wrapped, lying on floor, Joseph seated by him, angel behind Mary. Below, Adoration scene - Mary holding Jesus, three kings kneeling to right. Right light shows Christ in Carpenter's Shop beside Mary and Joseph - angel with dulcimer at left. Below, Christ among the Doctors, young Christ in white amongst seated figures in Temple. Daisy quarries and green borders. Tracery quatrefoil above with central red flower, four radiating leaves and blue border.
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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