Drawings

Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Saint Luke; Saint John

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1914
Accession number: 2000.5.790
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (38.7 x 27.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Stained glass window design of four lights and tracery. The lights are divided into two sections. The main figures are standing on foregrounds of tiles against backgrounds of dense foliage and fruit. Panels of dense foliage below with name scrolls and subject panels below. Left to right the design depicts: St Matthew with and angel behind/ Christ in the Carpenter's shop. St Mark with a lion behind/ Christ disputing with the doctor's below. St Luke with calf behind/ Christ being baptized. St John with an eagle behind/ Christ blessing the children below.
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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