Drawings

Saint John; Saint Peter and Saint James Curing the Paralytic at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1928
Accession number: 2000.5.987
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (28.6 x 9.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single lancet. Vine background. In top panel, St. John in red over patterned white, holding open book and chalice with serpent. Blue patterned drapery background. Tiled floor, name beneath. In panel below, scene of St. Peter and St. James in red and blue reaching out to help paralytic, whose crutches lie beside him on the ground. Temple columns around them and paved floor.
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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