Ashmolean − The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

Browse: 1470 objects

Details
Artist/maker

Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

pen and ink on wove paper

Dimensions

488 x 345 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Dario › Palazzo Dario (subject)
Inscription

Recto, all save the last in ink:
left, towards top: _ Ultimo piano _
right, towards top, underlined: Piano nobile
left, centre: Primo piano
right, centre: _ Piano terra _
left, towards bottom: Basamento
within the bottom left drawing, at the bottom of the mouldings: comune marea
bottom left: [Ve]nezia Giugno 1881
bottom centre: · Palazzo · Dario ·
bottom right, in graphite (recent): R112

Verso, bottom left, in graphite: Rud 112

Provenance

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

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.RUD.112
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

building

palace
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. 112