Drawings

Saint John; Salvator Mundi; Saint Paul

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1908
Accession number: 2000.5.1366
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights and long-stemmed flowers in tracery lights above. Left light shows St John in white over blue, holding cup. Central light shows Salvator Mundi in red over white, holding orb and crown. Right light shows St paul in white over orange holding open book. Tiled floors, green drapery backgrounds, columns and cornices appearing above drapery. Verso has a large sketch of the cusp of a window.
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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