Drawings

Saint Mary Magdalene at the Empty Sepulchre; Christ and Saint Mary Magdalene in the Garden

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.1433
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: possibly designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (21 x 8.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights and tracery of blue patternwork and central quatrefoil of angel in white with red wings playing dulcimer. Left light shows St Mary Magdalene in green/blue over white at the empty Sepulchre - angel in white sitting on tomb. Right light shows Christ in red over white, St Mary Magdalene in blue kneeling before him - in the Garden. Landscape backgrounds. Foliated scrollwork above and below and scrolls below, colored pattenrwork along bases.
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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