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Photograph of Carpaccio's "Arrival of the English Ambassadors" from the "Legend of Saint Ursula" Anonymous Italian
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Curator’s description:
Description
The photograph was noted as missing by Cook and Wedderburn, and is here represented by a surrogate photograph of the same subject from the collection of the Guild of Saint George (R.1353; box C.7/B.23), taken by the Venetian firm of Carlo Naya (active c.1857-1918).
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Anonymous Italian (Anonymous, Italian) (photographer)after Vittore Carpaccio (1460/06 - 1525/06)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- surrogate: albumen print
- Dimensions
- surrogate: 104 x 223 cm (sight size)
- Inscription
- surrogate: recto, all printed from the negative:
in the image, bottom right corner, white: Co. Naya 539
as a label along the bottom of the image, grey (in this example, detached and placed on the back of the mount):
left: N. 539 - CARPACCIO V. 1506
centre: Gli ambasciatori inglesi presso il re Mauro - Academia, Venezia
right: C. Naya, fot. Venezia
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; listed as missing in 1891.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- RUD.106
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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. 106, RUD.106
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. 106
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 106
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 106
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 106
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. 106
Location
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- not found
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|106} First scene in Carpaccio’s life of St. Ursula. Revival painting of highest type, at the pure time. P. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|106} First scene in Carpaccio’s life of St. Ursula. Revival painting of highest type, at the pure time. P. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|106} First scene in Carpaccio’s life of St. Ursula. Revival painting of highest type, at the pure time. P. -
Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
106.Given as a perfect example of the manner of painting associated with this kind of architecture. The picture is variously illustrated in my writings on Carpaccio, but will be better understood by comparing the next example.
