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

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Curator’s description:

Description

This drawing was not catalogued by Ruskin, but was listed as No. 27 in the Long Cabinet by Cook and Wedderburn in their catalogue of the collection.
Details
Artist/maker

Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

brown chalk and graphite on grey wove paper

Dimensions

109 x 141 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Ducale › Palazzo Ducale (subject)
Inscription

Recto, bottom, in graphite: Doge Foscari A relic of the statue Kneeling before the Lion of Por|ta della Carta Carrara marble - carefully polished - [...; crossed out] now in th[e] | Marciana library. Evidently a portrait (See Sansovino ...) | (left eyebrow and ducal cap restored)

Verso, centre left, in graphite: Boni | Long 27

Provenance

Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.LC.27
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

man

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. Long Cabinet