Drawings

Praising Angel; Christ Blessing the Children

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1919
Accession number: 2000.5.834
Makers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); possibly by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (16.8 x 8.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Rounded light with colored border, alternating crowns and leaves. Above shows praising angel in white with harp and red wings. Below, the scene of Christ blessing children, blue and green draperies in backgound, mother holding up child to Christ - scroll 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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