Drawings

Saint Anne; Adoration of the Magi; The Nativity; Simeon

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1908
Accession number: 2000.5.1362
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (32.1 x 21.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: four lights and tracery showing minstrel angels at left and right with cymbals, and trumpets. Central quatrefoil shows dove descending - smaller light show starry sky. Left light shows St Anne in patterned white over pink with blue sash, hands clasped. Right light shows Simeon in patterned yellow lined with green over blue, holding staff. Both lights have blue patterned backgrounds below and red above with name scrolls. Second light shows Adoration - three magi shown on hill, looking right, city and landscape in background. Third light shows Nativity, Virgin and child sitting on hillside, Joseph behind and angel with dulcimer - three angels below, seeen from behind. City and landscape in background above. Emblems of evangelists in panels below lights (angel, lion, x,eagle).
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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