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Drawing of Astronomy and Ptolemy, from Andrea da Firenze's frescoed "Allegory of Saint Thomas Aquinas" in the Spanish Chapel, Florence John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)after Andrea da Firenze (active 1346 - after 16 May 1379)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 527 x 359 mm
- Inscription
- Verso:
left of centre, towards bottom, the Ruskin School's stamp
just below, in ink: M.10
bottom right, in graphite (recent): ? | Ref. 121
- 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.121
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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. 293
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. 121
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
