Drawings

Saint Paul

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1894
Accession number: 2000.5.1276
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (27.6 x 9.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single light. In top panel, figure of St. Paul in deep blue lined with red over light blue, holding sword and book, bearded. In panel below, scene of St. Paul preaching, showing him among temples, speaking to three others and gesturing towards an altar inscribed "IGNOTO DEO". Background of open treework. Scroll below inscribed "S. Paul".
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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