Photographs

Christ in the Carpenter's Shop

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1953
Accession number: 2000.5.2876
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Three cusped lights. Left light: Joseph stands at left, holding hammer and chisel. Virgin Mary sits in front of him, winding skein. Architectural background with landscape visible behind. Center light: young Christ planes wood blook, lumber and stool at his feet. Architectural background with landscape visible behind. Angel with dulcimer looks over Christ. Right light: two young men stand, on holding saw, the other holding long piece of lumber. Architectural background with landscape visible behind.
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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