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. 36 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

bodycolour over graphite on grey wove paper

Dimensions

143 x 110 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Ducale › Palazzo Ducale (subject)
Inscription

Recto, all in graphite:
top, towards right: Scala Giganti | Venezia
bottom right: [...] 80

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.36.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. Long Cabinet