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Study of a Carving of the Lion of Saint Mark on the Ducal Palace, Venice Giacomo Boni

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    This drawing was not catalogued by Ruskin, but was listed as No. 36 in the Long Cabinet by Cook and Wedderburn in their catalogue of the collection.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Giacomo Boni (1859 - 1925)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    black and brown chalk over graphite on grey wove paper
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto, along the bottom, in graphite: Early Renaissance façade towards the Canal della Paglia (1489)

    Verso, centre, in graphite: Boni | Long 36
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.LC.36.a
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    animal

    lion (Leo)

    mammal

    sculpture

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

Ashmolean

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