Ashmolean − The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

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Curator’s description:

Description

Cook and Wedderburn listed a series of works presented by Ruskin 'on the Walls of the School, or standing on cabinets, etc.' (XXI.300). These were unnumbered, and have been given arbitrary accession numbers, based on their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list, for the purposes of the current catalogue.
Details
Artist/maker

Anonymous, Continental (Anonymous, Continental) (sculptor)

Object type

cast, sculpture
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli › Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli (subject)
Provenance

Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; not recorded in the Drawing School subsequently.

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WAL.17.b
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

sculpture
References in which this object is cited include:

References

Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Wall