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Drawing of a Mosaic of Saint Ambrose Anonymous, Continental

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous, Continental (Anonymous, Continental)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour, bodycolour, and gold paint over graphite on wove paper
    Dimensions
    454 x 286 mm
    Inscription
    Recto:
    within the drawing, flanking Saint Ambrose's head, in watercolour: S[AN]C[TU]S | A[M]BROS[IUS]
    bottom, right of centre, in graphite: 9 1/2
    bottom left, in graphite, recent: ? Assistant | REF 200

    Verso, bottom 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.200.a
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    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. 200

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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