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Two Details of Capitals on the Ducal Palace, Venice Giacomo Boni

  • 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
    graphite and bodycolour on pale brown wove paper
    Dimensions
    136 x 103 mm
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto, bottom centre, in graphite: Palazzo Ducale - Capitelli del 1424
    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.c
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • 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

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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