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

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Drawing of Botticelli's fresco of "Lorenzo Tornabuoni presented to the Liberal Arts" Charles Fairfax Murray

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    Cook and Wedderburn listed a series of works presented by Ruskin 'on the Walls of the School, or standing on cabinets, etc.' (XXI.300). These were unnumbered, and have been given arbitrary accession numbers, based on their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list, for the purposes of the current catalogue.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Charles Fairfax Murray (1849 - 1919)
    after Sandro Botticelli (c. 1444/1445 - 1510)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on paper
    Dimensions
    815 x 560 mm
    Provenance

    Commissioned by John Ruskin in 1879 and presumably later presented to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford)

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.WAL.02
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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. Wall

Location

    • currently out on loan

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