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

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

Browse: 1470 objects

Reference URL

Actions

Send e-mail

Contact us about this object

Send e-mail

Send to a friend

Engraving of van Dyck's Portrait of Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona, on horseback Stefano Tofanelli

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Stefano Tofanelli (1752 - 1812)
    Raffael Morghen (1761 - 1833) (engraver)
    after Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    etching and engraving on wove paper
    Dimensions
    642 x 461 mm (plate); 653 x 489 mm (sheet)
    Associated people
    Pius VI, Pope (1775 - 1799) (dedicatee)
    Inscription
    Recto:
    just below the image, left, engraved: Antonius Van-dyck pinxit
    just below the image, centre, engraved: Stephanus Tofanelli delineavit
    just below the image, right, engraved: Raphael Morghen incidit Romae 1793
    below the image, engraved: PII SEXTI PONT. MAX. RESTITUTORIS ARTIUM | NOMINI MAIESTATIQUE inscribit RAPHAEL MORGHEN
    bottom left, in graphite: Ref. 161
    bottom right, in graphite: 35/8

    Verso:
    top left, in graphite: [...] 15 | [...]
    bottom right, in graphite: pa [?]
    towards bottom, left of centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
    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.REF.161
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

  • 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. Reference no. 161

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum