Drawings

Gabriel; Mary Virgin

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1910
Accession number: 2000.5.1403
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: 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (21.6 x 10.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights and tracery above with seraph heads and central angel with dulcimer and pink wings. Left light shows Gabriel in pink and white robes with blue wings, holding staff. Right light shows Mary Virgin in patterned white over blue, hands in prayer. Blue drapery background with lilies, with foliage above in panels below - scroll across base panels.
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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