Drawings

The Adoration of the Magi

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1913
Accession number: 2000.5.785
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (17.1 x 13 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Threelancets and tracery - tracery shows three angels in quatrefoils, holding star, crown of thorns and chalice. Left lancet shows three magi, landscapes background; central lancet shows Virgin and Child in covered shelter; right lancet shows two shepherds.
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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