Drawings

Two Minstrel Angels; Saint Michael Spearing the Demon

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.1445
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: 6 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (17.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights. Left light shows angel with palm and lyre in patterned white over red. Right light shows angel in patterned white over red, blue wings, holding palm and violin. Blue drapery backgrounds. Central light shows St Michael in golden armor (red wings), spearing devil - landscape background. Verso pencil sketches of three lights.
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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