Drawings

Two Angels and Mary Virgin; Christ Ascending, Salvator Mundi, Christ in Majesty

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1923
Accession number: 2000.5.1470
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (28.3 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three round-headed lights, three lozenges above. Left lozenge shows Christ ascending in clouds, patterned white over purple; central lozenge shows Salvator Mundi in patterned white over purple, blue background; right lozenge shows Christ in Majesty in patterned white over red, surrounded by seraph heads, holding globe. Left light shows angel holding dulcimer and palm in white over red. Central light shows Mary Virgin in patterned white over purple, holding lilies. Right light shows angel in patterned white over red, holding palm and palm and violin. Blue drapery and landscape backgrounds. Scrolled foliage against blue backgrounds 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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