Drawings

Four Evangelists; Christ in Majesty; Salvator Mundi; Entombment

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.1450
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: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper on board
Description: Design for stained glass: three lancets with large rose above showing Christ in Majesty in red over white, angels behind him holding blue drapery and rainbow. Scrollwork in seven lobes. Left lancet in two panels, St Matthe above in white over red, writing on knee -angel behind. Below, St Luke in white over green, yellow and red, writing on knee, ox behind. Right lancet in two panels, St Mark above writing in book, in white lines with red over blue, winged lion behind. Below, St John in white over red, writing in book, eagle behind. Blue drapery backgrounds, quarried above. Central lancet shows Christ as Salvator Mundi above in red over white against blue drapery background, quarries above. Below scroll and panel of quarried and below that entombement of Christ. Verso threelights sketched in pencil with measurement notes.
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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