Drawings

Mary Virgin; Salvator Mundi; Saint Elizabeth

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1893
Accession number: 2000.5.1270
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (29.2 x 18.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery. Left light shows Mary Virgin in blue and white, holding lily; below, the Annunciation (Mary kneeling, reading - angel approaching her). Central light shows Salvator Mundi in red over white, holding orb; below, the Nativity (Mary in bed, reclining - Jesus wrapped, on floor, Joseph seated beside him). Right light shows St. Elizabeth in green, gathering robes; below, the Adoration (Mary with Child in lap, three kings kneeling before her). Quarry grounds - three tracery quatrefoils above showing seraph heads and white wings. Rough sketches of window lights on reverse.
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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