Studies of Venetian Capitals | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1926.33.153
People: John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Title: Studies of Venetian Capitals
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1852
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298814

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

8 x 21.7 cm (3 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.: J. Ruskin Venice 1852

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Accession Year: 1926
Object Number: 1926.33.153
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, G. Allen (London, England, 1903 -1912), vol. 38, no. 326(?)
Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 29

Exhibition History

[John Ruskin exhibition], Smith College Museum of Art, 12/01/1949 - 12/21/1949; Yale University Art Gallery, 01/01/1950 - 01/31/1950
Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979

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1926.33.153: Studies of Venetian Capitals