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Sketch and Plan of the exterior Courtyard and Portal of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista at Venice Giacomo Boni

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on wove paper
    Dimensions
    495 x 313 mm
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto:
    within the drawing, on the entablature of the doorway: DIVO IOANNI APOSTOLO ET EVANGELISTAE | PROTECTORI ET SANTISSIMAE CRVCI
    between the elevation and the plan, in watercolour: DIVO IOANNI EVANGELISTAE:
    bottom centre, in ink: Scale 2/100. | By Giacomo Boni. June 1882 | Given to Oxford Galleries. JR. March. 1883
    bottom right, in graphite (recent): R108

    Verso, bottom left, in graphite: Rud 108
    Provenance

    Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), March 1883; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.RUD.108bis
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    building

    scuola

  • 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. Rudimentary no. 108bis

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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