Drawings

Angels of Paradise

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1906
Accession number: 2000.5.1353
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: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (13.7 x 8.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights. Left light shows three angels on path- top one in pink with pink wings playing dulcimer, second in white with blue wings and cymbals and third in blue with white wings and harp. Right light shows three angels on ascending path - top in white over red, yellow wings and playing dulcimer (?), second in blue over white with red wings, playing organ, third in white over red with blue wings, playing harp. Landscape backgrounds and sky above.
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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