Drawings

Christ on the Cross with Mary Virgin, Saint John, and Soldiers

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.869
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (41 x 25.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights, multifoil and tracery. Left light shows angel above holding sun, soldiers and two Marys below, with soldiers holding banners. Central light shows Christ on the cross as tree, Mary Virgin weeping below, soldiers and city behind. Right light shows St. John in supplication, soldiers with banners, city behind, angel above holding moon. Multifoil (5 lobes of foliage) shows Virgin and Child. Bottom panels of three lights show scroll on foliage background.
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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