Drawings

Christ Preaching from the Ship; Miraculous Draught of Fishes

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1911
Accession number: 2000.5.1410
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 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14 x 9.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights and trefoil of red, blue, green and yellow patternwork above (circular center and circular lobes ). Left light shows Christ in red sitting in ship, four people seated on shore and two standing at right - sea behind. Right light shows Christ in white in ship, figure in blue to his left, reaching hands up to Christ. Two figures at side of boat bringing in nets full of fish. Qaurries sketched in pencil and below left light.
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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