Drawings

Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Christ as Love; Saint Luke; Saint John

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1899
Accession number: 2000.5.1297
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Matthew in crimson over white, holding scroll, angel above him with blue wings. Second light shows St. Mark in green and white with blue sash, lion above his head - holding scroll. Central light shows Christ as Love in red, holding cross, chalice on ground. Fourth light shows St. Luke in blue, holding scroll, ox above him. Fifth light shows St. John in crimson over white, holding scroll, eagle above his head. Blue drapery backgrounds, panels of flowers and foliage below with name-scrolls. Above, two quatrefoils showing angels in white with blue wings, holding dulcimer and cymbals. At top center, 5-foil showing two angels playing pipes; other small blue and foliated tracery.
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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