Harvard Art Museums > 1953.206: Study of an Archivolt in Saint Mark's, Venice Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study of an Archivolt in Saint Mark's, Venice (John Ruskin) , 1953.206,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 09, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/297456. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1953.206 People John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England) Title Study of an Archivolt in Saint Mark's, Venice Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1852 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297456 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, white gouache, graphite, black ink, and gold paint on off-white wove paper Dimensions 39.1 x 55.9 cm (15 3/8 x 22 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: ll:"This was intended for a new plate for the Architecture of Venice - partly from Daguerreotype - and partly from materials - but not from nature - by J.R. for his Sorella" recto: inscribed in graphite in upper left "37639" Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1953 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes Accession Year 1953 Object Number 1953.206 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John Ruskin and Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Notes on Drawings by Mr. Ruskin, placed on exhibition by Professor Norton..., exh. cat., John Wilson and Son (Cambridge, 1879), no. 61 John Ruskin and Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Notes on Drawings by Mr. Ruskin, placed on exhibition by Professor Norton..., exh. cat., John Wilson and Son (Boston, 1880), no. 61 Robert Hewison, Ruskin and Venice, exh. cat., Thames & Hudson and Speed Art Museum (London, 1978), no. 44, repr. Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 23 Jeffrey L. Spear, Dreams of an English Eden: Ruskin and His Tradition in Social Criticism, Columbia University Press (New York, NY, 1984), ill. p. 161 R. Dyke Benjamin and Peter Accardo, Remembering John Ruskin, exh. cat., The Grolier Club (New York, NY, 2000), cat. no. 42, repr. Exhibition History Drawings by Mr. Ruskin, Noyes & Blakeslee, Boston, 10/01/1879 - 10/31/1879 Drawings by Mr. Ruskin, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 02/01/1880 - 02/28/1880 Ruskin and Venice, Speed Art Museum, 10/16/1978 - 11/19/1978 Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979 Remembering John Ruskin, The Grolier Club, New York, 02/16/2000 - 04/29/2000 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
