1959.113: View of Amalfi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1959.113

People

John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)

Title

View of Amalfi

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1844

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297164

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on brown wove paper

Dimensions

34.1 x 49.3 cm (13 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

1959.113

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Paul Walton, The Drawings of John Ruskin, Oxford University Press (UK) (London, 1972), pp. 55-56, pl. 36
• Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 11
• Robert Hewison, Ruskin, Turner, and the Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 2000), no. 49, p. 72, repr. as "Amalfi"
• Christopher Newall, John Ruskin: Artist and Observer, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Canada, 2014), pp. 50-51; repr. p. 51 as fig. 3.6

Exhibition History

• Ruskin and His Circle, Tate Britain, London, 01/17/1964 - 02/15/1964
• Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
• Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979
• Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Britain, London, 03/09/2000 - 05/28/2000

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