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

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Details
Artist/maker

Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour and pen and ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

396 x 268 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Dario › Palazzo Dario (subject)
Inscription

Recto, within the drawing, carved across the lowest storey of the Palazzo, in watercolour: VRBIS GENIO IOANNES DARIVS

Verso, top right, in graphite (recent): R 111 | G. Boni

Provenance

Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1883; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.RUD.111
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

building

palace
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. Rudimentary no. 111