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Photograph of the Foot of Nicola Pisano's Siena Pulpit Anonymous Italian

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous Italian (Anonymous, Italian) (photographer)
    after Nicola Pisano (active 1258 - 1278) (sculptor)
    Object type
    photograph
    Material and technique
    albumen print
    Dimensions
    191 x 257 mm (photograph); 213 x 281 mm (mount)
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Verso:
    bottom left, in graphite: E 152
    above and just right of centre, the Ruskin School's stamp

    On a separate oblong paper label, all in ink:
    top, towards left: 102
    left, struck through: 51
    centre: The base of the pulpit of Niccola Pisano. Siena. [the second 'of' struck through and replaced above the line with 'by']
    Provenance

    Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.ED.152
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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 102

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 152

    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. Educational no. 152

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

Ruskin's Catalogues

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