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Saints Maximilian, Stephen and Valentine Wolf Traut
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Details
- Artist/maker
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attributed to Wolf Traut (c. 1485 - 1520) (designer, block cutter)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 245 x 179 mm (sheet); 304 x 217 mm (mount)
- Inscription
- Recto:
bottom left, printed (possibly from a separate block), Albrecht Dürer's 'AD' monogram
bottom right, in graphite: 2x
On the front of the mount, all in graphite (recent?):
below, towards left: H. VII p.266 II
below, right: School (?TRAUT) | (SS. Maximilian, Stephen + Valentine)
bottom, from left: Described by Bartsch VII.138.109 as being by A Dürer | but it is not by him, probably by one of his imatators ['not' underlined]
On the back of the mount:
bottom centre, in graphite, recent: Rud 73
centre, 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.RUD.073
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Bartsch, Adam von, Le Peintre Graveur, 21 vols (Vienna: J. von Degen, 1803-1821), cat. vol. VII, p. 138, no. 109
Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), cat. Rudimentary no. 73, RUD.073
Hollstein, F. W. H., German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1400 - 1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-), cat. vol. VII, p. 266, no. 1
Bartsch, Adam von, The Illustrated Bartsch, founding editor Walter L. Strauss, general editor John T. Spike (New York: Abaris Books, 1978-), no. 1001.308 C3
Ruskin, John, Instructions in Practice of Elementary Drawing, Arranged with Reference to the First Series of Examples in the Drawings Schools of the University of Oxford (n.p., [1872]), cat. Rudimentary no. 73
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 73
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 73
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. Rudimentary no. 73
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
