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Aquatint of Carpaccio's "Arrival in Rome" from the "Legend of Saint Ursula" Giovanni De Pian
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Giovanni De Pian (1764 - 1800) (artist, etcher)Francesco Galimberti (1755 - 1803) (etcher)after Vittore Carpaccio (1460/06 - 1525/06)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- etching and aquatint on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 354 x 399 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › Italy › Lazio › Roma (Rome) › Rome › Castel Sant' Angelo › Castel Sant' Angelo (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, all engraved:
within the image, bottom centre, as if on a sheet of paper: VICTORIS CARPA-|TIO VENETI OPVS.
below the image, bottom left: Gio. de Pian del.
below the image, bottom right: de Pian e Galimberti sul.
along the bottom: Romę Urbs conspicitur, prope cujus moenia Syricius S[um]m[u]s Pontifex cernitur, et ad ejus pedes provoluti Principes Sponsi, ut bened:onem accipiant. [the 'onem' in superscript]
- Provenance
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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.111
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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. Reference no. 111
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
