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Photograph of a Drawing of the Head of a Young Man crowned with Oak Leaves by the Master of the Pala Sforzesca Charles Marville
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Charles Marville (1816 - 1879) (photographer)after Master of the Pala Sforzesca (active late 15th century - early 16th century)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 205 x 143 mm (photograph); 299 x 197 mm (mount)
- Inscription
- Recto, within the photograph, on the drawing:
top right: nc [Robert de Cotte: Lugt 1963]
bottom left, cut off on the left, within an oval: ML [Musée du louvre: Lugt 1886]
on the mount, bottom centre, blind stamped, a coat of arms bearing an eagle displayed and, below: CH MARVILLE | PHOTOGRAPHE | DU MUSÉE IMPERIAL | DU LOUVRE
On the back of the mount, all in graphite:
above centre: E. 233
bottom, towards left (recent): Edu 233
bottom left, 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.233
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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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. X.3.G
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 233
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. 233
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)
3 G Head, with Crown of Oak-leaves. (Lionardo). P -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
233. Head, with Crown of Oak-leaves. (Lionardo). P
