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Sketch of an Eagle from Giovanni Pisano's Pulpit in the Duomo, Pisa John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)after Giovanni Pisano (c. 1240 - c. 1320) (sculptor)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on blue-grey paper
- Dimensions
- 260 x 178 mm
- Inscription
- Verso:
bottom centre, in graphite: E163 63 eagle [?]
bottom centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
- Provenance
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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.163
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Taylor, Gerald, ‘John Ruskin: A Catalogue of Drawings by John Ruskin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, 7 fascicles, 1998, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, no. 159
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 113
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 163
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 164
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. 163
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
113 Eagle. (Giovanni Pisano.) Sketch at Pisa. M -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
163. Eagle. (Giovanni Pisano). Sketch at Pisa. M -
Educational, manuscript (1878)
164.This group (164-175) begins with Giovanni Pisani, as the former with Nicolo Pisani. This sketch of mine was made from the original sculpture in the Campo Santo at Pisa which is altogether superb and matchless. I shall have much to say of it in the Laws of Fiesole.
