Drawings

Mary the Virgin; Saint John

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1900
Accession number: 2000.5.1318
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: 6 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (16.8 x 26.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three round-headed lights, the central light left blank. Left light shows Mary Virgin in blue over red, hands inside robe. Right light shows St. John in lite red over dark red, hands clasped. Multi-colored creeper borders - square quarry grounds, name scrolls above figures.
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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