Artwork Title: Days of Creation: The 2nd Day

Days of Creation: The 2nd Day, 1943

Edward Burne-Jones

The second day of creation depicted in this series of panels. On display at Harvard Art Museums. From the description in the museum: “Oscar Wilde, who admired the series when it was on display in London in 1877, wrote that the fourth angel bore a ‘crystal glow[ing] like a heated opal.'” Originally there were six panels but one is now lost.
40 x 14 in
Uploaded on Feb 9, 2017 by Minette Visser

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