Drawings

Four Evangelists

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1899
Accession number: 2000.5.1307
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33 x 22.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: four lights and tracery - five lights show angels against starry sky playing horns and lyre - four lights show seraph heads. Left main light shows Matthew writing on his knee in open book - angel behind him. Second light shows St Mark writing in book, lion with wings behind him. Third light shows St Luke writing in book on knee - winged ox behind him. Forth light shows St John holding pen and book - wagle behind him. Blue drapery background with landscape above. Panels scrolled foliage above and below name - scrolls below.
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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