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

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Photograph of Ghiberti's East Door of Florence Baptistery ("The Gates of Paradise") Fratelli Alinari

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Fratelli Alinari (active 1854 - 1920) (photographer)
    after Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455) (sculptor)
    Object type
    photograph
    Material and technique
    albumen print
    Dimensions
    545 x 408 mm
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto:
    bottom right, presumably written upon the negative and therefore printing white: [...]616
    just to the right, blind stamped: FRATELLI ALINARI | FIRENZE | [...] NAZIONALE

    Verso, bottom centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
    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.REF.136
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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. Reference no. 136

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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