Drawings

Christ Stilling the Waves; Christ Walking on the Water

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1911
Accession number: 2000.5.1411
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 6 x 5 3/8 in. (15.2 x 13.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights and trefoil above of red and green and yellow foliated pattern-work. Left light shows Christ in white over red in boat, holding out hand - two figures seated before him in boat rolling waves around boat. Right light shows Christ in white over red in profile to left, holding hand of kneeling figure in brown - standing on water. Ship with three figures in background and sea. Verso shows a pencil sketch of hand resting on top of cane.
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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