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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2024.170
People
John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Title
Borromini's San Carlo a la Quatro Fontane, Rome
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1840
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/382824

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and gray ink, brown wash, yellow watercolor, and graphite on blue-green wove paper
Dimensions
50 × 34.5 cm (19 11/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Quatro Fontane Roma

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joan Severn, gift or sale; to Robert E. Cunliffe, to: his wife Helen Cunliffe. [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London] sold; to John B. Davidson, Chicago, 1964(?), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John B. Davidson
Accession Year
2024
Object Number
2024.170
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of the Ruskin Exhibition, exh. cat., Manchester City Art Gallery (Manchester, 1904), cat. no. 86
  • "Drawings by Turner and other English Watercolourists at Agnew's", The Illustrated London News (January 25, 1964), p. 133, repr.
  • 91st Annual Exhibition of Water-colours and Drawings, auct. cat., Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd. (London, 1964), no. 62
  • Leo Steinberg, Borromini's San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane: A Study in Multiple Form and Architectural Symbolism, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1977), fig. A

Exhibition History

  • Ruskin Exhibition, Manchester City Art Gallery, 04/01/1904 - 06/30/1904
  • 91st Annual Exhibition of Water-colours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., 01/21/1964 - 02/29/1964

Verification Level

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