Drawings

Adoration of the Magi

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1897
Accession number: 2000.5.1293
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. (13.7 x 7.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery of sky with stars. Left light shows three kings, staggered on hillside, in front of stone edifice. Right light shows Mary and Joseph on hillside with Jesus, angel with dulcimer beside them; four angels at bottom of hill playing instruments; walls of city in background.
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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