Drawings

Saint Gabriel; Saint Luke the Physician; Saint Raphael

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.947
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (22.2 x 20.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights. Left light depicts St. Gabriel holding lilies in his right hand and a staff in left. He is wearing a green gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. The central light shows St. Luke the Physician holding a book in his right hand. He is wearing a red gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. The right light shows St. Raphael holding foliage. He is wearing a blue gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. All three figures are presented in front of a blue scroll-patterned curtain with a green band, they are standing on a tiled ground with grisaille pattern work above. A calf with wings is depicted in the pattern work above St. Luke.
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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