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Photograph of the Tree of Jesse Relief on the West Front of the Cathedral of Orvieto Anonymous Italian

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous Italian (Anonymous, Italian) (photographer)
    after a work attributed to Lorenzo Maitani (active 1290 - 1330) (sculptor)
    Object type
    photograph
    Material and technique
    albumen print
    Dimensions
    248 x 195 mm (print); 259 x 209 mm (mount)
    Associated place
    Inscription
    On the back of the mount:
    top centre, in ink: B top
    below centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
    Provenance

    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.138.a
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    building

    cathedral

    church

    sculpture

  • 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. 138

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

Ashmolean

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