Harvard Art Museums > 1924.49: Early Byzantine Carving 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"Early Byzantine Carving (John Ruskin) , 1924.49,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299119. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1924.49 People John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England) Title Early Byzantine Carving Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1877-1878 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299119 Physical Descriptions Medium Blue-black, brown and purplish washes, and white gouache on faded blue-purple paper Dimensions 28 x 22 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lr: Free hand Byzantine work, 6th century, J. Ruskin, 1879 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1924 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University Accession Year 1924 Object Number 1924.49 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. 70 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. 70 E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, G. Allen (London, England, 1903 -1912), vol. 38, no. 1802 Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 58 Craigen Bowen and Barbara J. Mangum, "The User's Point of View: Micro-Fading Test Results and the Shaping of Exhibition Policy", The Broad Spectrum: Studies in the Materials, Techniques, and Conservation..., ed. Harriet K. Stratis, Archetype Publications (London, England, 2002), pp. 245-255, fig. 5.7 (color), p. 246 Emma Sdegno, In Venice with Ruskin, Marsilio Editore (Venice, 2023), p. 80, 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 The Victorian Rebellion, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, 09/13/1971 - 10/29/1971 Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979 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
