Drawings

Angel with Palm Frond and Lyre; Saint Luke the Physician; Angel with Palm Frond and Violin

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.946
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (21.9 x 20 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights. Right panel shows angel holding a palm frond in right hand and lyre in left. The angel is wearing a green gown with a white and gold mantle. Central panel shows St. Luke holding foliage in right hand and book in left. He is wearing a red gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. An emblem of the calf is in the grisaille patterning above. Right panel shows angel with a palm frond in right hand and violin in left. The angel is in a blue gown with a whtie and gold mantle. All three figures are presented in front of a blue scroll-patterned curtain with a green band at bottom. they are standing on a tiled ground with grisaille pattern work above.
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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