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Photograph of Velázquez's "Portrait of Juan Francisco de Pimentel, Count of Benavente" J. Laurent
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Details
- Artist/maker
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J. Laurent (1816 - 1892) (photographer)after Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 - 1660)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 253 x 212 mm (print); 534 x 433 mm (mount)
- Associated people
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A. Marion, Son & Co. London (publisher)
- Inscription
- Within the photograph, bottom left, a blind stamp: CUADROS DEL R.L MUSEO [arranged in an oval within a border of dots, the beginning and end of the text separated at the right by a star; within the text is a monogram containing an 'M']
On the front of the mount, printed:
lower left: J. LAURENT, PHOTO: MADRID.
lower right: PUBLISHED BY A. MARION, SON & Co. LONDON.
bottom centre: The Gallery of Paintings, Royal Museu, Madrid.
On the back of the mount:
centre, just above bottom, the Ruskin School's stamp
on a small paper label, stuck down in the bottom left corner, printed: 48. VALAZQUEZ [sic]:-Portrait of an Unknown Person in Armour.
- 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.STD.046
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of Examples Arranged for Elementary Study in the University Galleries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870), cat. Standard no. 46
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Reference Series Including Temporarily the First Section of the Standard Series (London: Smith, Elder, [1872]), cat. Standard no. 46
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. Standard no. 46
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Catalogue of Examples (1870)
46. Portrait of a Knight(unknown). (Velasquez.) -
Ruskin's Standard & Reference series (1872)
46. Portrait of a Knight (unknown). (Velasquez.)
