Drawings

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1896
Accession number: 2000.5.1288
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (22.5 x 13.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery. Left light shows group of figures standing at bottom and at top of stairs - city in background. Central light shows St. Paul preaching (the scene runs across three lights), in white over blue, holding book, standing near altar, figure behind him. Right light shows group of figures at top of and at bottom of stairs and city in background, sky above. Two quatrefoils above showing angels holding scrolls and at top center seraph head and wings. Verso shows pencil sketch outline of single light with cusped top.
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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