Drawings

Angels with Cloth Showing Christ's Features

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.68
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (12.1 x 16.5 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on tracing paper
Description: Tracing of etching? Two angels with long and bulky robes, faces in states of grief, holding cloth between them which shows face of Christ.
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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