Drawings

Christ with Wounds

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.70
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (15.9 x 13 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on tracing paper
Description: Tracing of etching? Christ standing on platform at center, near pillar, wearing crown of thorns. Wounds apparent in hands and feet, wound at chest is bleeding, showering people at lower left. Christ's hands are crossed over his chest, holding a cat'o nine tails (?) and sheaf of twigs - though window at upper left, one can see crucifixes a top a hill. Durer's monogram at upper left.
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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