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St Anastasia, Capital of central pillar of Western doorway, 1869, Verona
Details
John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
St Anastasia, Capital of central pillar of Western doorway, 1869, Verona
signed and inscribed 'Verona J Ruskin' (lower right)
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash, heightened with touches of white, on buff paper
9½ x 6in. (24.2 x 15.3cm.)
Executed in 1869
St Anastasia, Capital of central pillar of Western doorway, 1869, Verona
signed and inscribed 'Verona J Ruskin' (lower right)
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash, heightened with touches of white, on buff paper
9½ x 6in. (24.2 x 15.3cm.)
Executed in 1869
Provenance
Joan Ruskin Severn, a gift from the artist.
T.F. Taylor, by 1912
T.F. Taylor, by 1912
Literature
J. Ruskin, Verona and other lectures, 1894, plX.
E.T. Cook and a. Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, London, 1903-12, vol. XXXVIII, no.2003 as 'A capital (erroneously) and no.2034 as 'S. Anastasia, sketch of capital of central pillar', vol.XIX, pl.21.
Ruskin spent three months in Verona in 1869 and made a large and important series of drawings. On 4 February he lectured at the Royal Institution on 'Verona and her rivers' and arranged a small exhibition to illustrate the lecture, the present drawing was included in this exhibition.
We are grateful to Jim Dearden for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
E.T. Cook and a. Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, London, 1903-12, vol. XXXVIII, no.2003 as 'A capital (erroneously) and no.2034 as 'S. Anastasia, sketch of capital of central pillar', vol.XIX, pl.21.
Ruskin spent three months in Verona in 1869 and made a large and important series of drawings. On 4 February he lectured at the Royal Institution on 'Verona and her rivers' and arranged a small exhibition to illustrate the lecture, the present drawing was included in this exhibition.
We are grateful to Jim Dearden for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
Exhibited
London, Royal Institution, Verona, 1870, no.14.
Manchester, Manchester City Art gallery, Ruskin Exhibition, 1904, no 312.
Manchester, Manchester City Art gallery, Ruskin Exhibition, 1904, no 312.
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