Drawings

Zacharius; Saint John the Baptist; Samuel; Saint Elizabeth; Hannah

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1871
Accession number: 2000.5.1235
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893); designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.1 x 17.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and tracery, showing minstrel angels with harp, dulcimer, with double-pipes and with harp. Left light shows Zacharius in gold and green over white, swinging censer, below unknown figure in blue and yellow, hands clasped under chin. Central light shows St. John the Baptist in blue over hair vest, holding banner and Samuel in green lined with gold over white, holding horn. Right light shows St. Elizabeth in green lined with blue over patterned white, gathering robes, and Hannah in blue over patterned white, holding up rose in vase and book. Quarry grounds, names below figures.
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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