Drawings

Mary Virgin; Saint Elizabeth; Adoration of the Magi

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1873
Accession number: 2000.5.1208
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: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (26 x 19.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery of pattern work (includes two small florets with blue centers and large floret with white flower at center). Left light shows Mary Virgin in red over white, holding lily. Below her, scene of Adoration of the Magi. Right light shows St. Elizabeth in white with red cloak. Scene below her unknown - possibly Presentation in the Temple. Rose hedge backgrounds and two trees rising from it. Quarries below scenes and behind trees.
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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