Drawings

Samuel and Samuel Brought to Eli; Enoch and Noah Building the Ark; Saint John Baptist and Saint John Baptist Preaching; Timothy and Saint Paul Preaching

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1930
Accession number: 2000.5.1014
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: 12 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (32.1 x 19.1 cm.) mount: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper, on board
Description: Four lights and tracery. Tracery shows formalized pink and blue flowers. Left light shows Samuel in red with green scarf and in panel below, scene of Samuel brought to Eli (Eli is seated on throne and before him stands the child Samuel - seraphs above). The second light shows Enoch in gold robe and red and green wraps, holding book and reaching up to hold hand of God, and below, Noah directing others in building the Ark (a wooden structure in the background). The third light shows St. John the Baptist in a hair shirt holding staff and bowl, and below, John standing preaching to seated figures, landscape background. The fourth light shows Timothy in green, reading book, and below, St. Paul preaching to three figures, gesturing towards an altar inscribed "ignoto deo". All main figures are set against blue drapery backgrounds, with panels of scrolled foliage above and below, and name scrolls.
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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