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

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Drawing of Liberale da Verona's Frescoes of "The Virgin and Child with Joseph and Saint John the Baptist" and "The Four Evangelists", on the Façade of Piazza delle Erbe 23, Verona Angelo Alessandri

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    According to Cook and Wedderburn (XXI.305), the Supplementary Cabinet was 'a cabinet which Ruskin placed in the School but did not fill'; the examples which they listed were placed there shortly before their catalogue was published in 1906.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Angelo Alessandri (1854 - 1931)
    after Liberale da Verona (c. 1445 - c. 1526)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on wove paper
    Dimensions
    354 x 251 mm
    Associated place
    Provenance

    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.SUP.178
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  • 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. Supplementary no. 178

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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