Drawings

Saint Michael Killing the Demon; Saint Martin

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1922
Accession number: 2000.5.929
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 7 x 3 3/8 in. (17.8 x 8.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights. Left light depicts St. Martin in green mantle with red lining over armor. He is holding a knife in his right hand cutting hismantle which he holds in his left. The right light depicts St. Michael in armor standing on top of the dragon. He is holding a spear with both hands. He has blue wings. Both figures are presented in front of blue patterned drapery. The tops and bottoms of the lights have fields of quarries surrounded by borders of blue, green and red. The quatrefoil above depicts a coat of arms.
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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