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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
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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

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