Drawings

Angel with Palm and Lyre; Saint John; Angel with Palm and Violin; Saint Francis

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1912
Accession number: 2000.5.1420
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lancets each with figures in two tiers. Left lancet shows at top, angel in white over pink, holding lyre and palm, with blue wings. Bottom, St John in green over white, hands clasped. Right lancet shows angel in white over orange with blue wings, holding palm and violin, Below, St Francis in brown over white, hands in prayer, several birds on ground. Blue scrolled work backgrounds, with red above.
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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