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Photograph of the Centre of Carpaccio's "Arrival of the English Ambassadors" from the "Legend of Saint Ursula" Carlo Naya, firm
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Carlo Naya, firm (active 1850s - 1918) (photographer)after Vittore Carpaccio (1460/06 - 1525/06)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 266 x 350 mm (print); 277 x 353 mm (mount)
- Inscription
- In the photograph, bottom right, apparently written on the negative and so printing white: Co. Naÿa . 539 A
On the back of the mount:
left of centre, in graphite: R 107
just below and left of 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.107
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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, 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. 107, RUD.107
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. 107
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 107
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 107
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 107
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. 107
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|107} The centre of Carpaccio’s picture above-named, on larger scale. P. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|107} The centre of Carpaccio’s picture above-named, on larger scale. P. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|107} The centre of Carpaccio’s picture above-named, on larger scale. P. -
Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
remains 107.The central portion of the above-mentioned picture exquisitely photographed. The fine principal figures on the right cannot be surpassed in Italian work for realistic portraiture. The face of the king seems to me a very curious ideal for the father of St. Ursula, but probably Carpaccio knew more of physiognomy than I do. The R. embroidered tapestry behind the figures is in the real painting quite one of the most wonderful pieces of showering jewellery that I have ever seen produced by art. It will be noticed that the light of it, a little concentrated above the king’s crown, makes him more principal. The square tablet above the nearer figure is to the composition of this part of the picture exactly what Prout’s horse-shoe is to the whole of the house (No. 85.) Students who have gone through the exercises ordered upon No. 104. will have pleasure in looking at the little weeds which are used for symmetrical floral decoration at the bottom of the picture.
