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Two Studies of the Head of the Statue of Doge Francesco Foscari formerly on the Porta della Carta of the Ducal Palace, Venice Giacomo Boni
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Curator’s description:
Description
This drawing was not catalogued by Ruskin, but was listed as No. 27 in the Long Cabinet by Cook and Wedderburn in their catalogue of the collection.
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- brown chalk and graphite on grey wove paper
- Dimensions
- 109 x 141 mm
- Associated place
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- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Ducale › Palazzo Ducale (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, bottom, in graphite: Doge Foscari A relic of the statue Kneeling before the Lion of Por|ta della Carta Carrara marble - carefully polished - [...; crossed out] now in th[e] | Marciana library. Evidently a portrait (See Sansovino ...) | (left eyebrow and ducal cap restored)
Verso, centre left, in graphite: Boni | Long 27
- 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.LC.27
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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, ‘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. Long Cabinet
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
