Drawings

Saint Gabriel; Saint Michael; Saint Raphael; Saint Uriel

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.1198
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (29.8 x 16.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Four tall lights with Gothic canopies above figures of saints. At far left, St. Gabriel in white, holding lily, blue background; second shows St. Michael in white cape over armor holding lance, leaning on sword, red background; third light shows St. Raphael in white with yellow patterning holding rod with bell at top, blue background; far right light shows St. Uriel in patterned white and yellow with blue lining, holding rod with hammer top and open books, red background. Above main lights, minstrel angels in eight tracery lights. Above them, trefoils on either side of two small tracery lights of zodiac signs. Above these, central tracery lights of Adam and Eve, flanked by angels holding sun and moon and floral tracery. Two small lights above Adam and Eve in blue showing stars and four elements.
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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