Ornamental Study with Acanthus Motif for "The Stones of Venice", 1849

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Medium

pen and brown ink with watercolor and graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 20.1 x 16.6 cm (7 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.158

Artists / Makers

John Ruskin (artist) British, 1819 - 1900

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in brown ink: Fig. 2. (crossed out) Piazzet Shafts; upper right in brown ink: Fig 3. (crossed out) Ca Fa[ ] / Take from plate 21; lower right in brown ink: No. 4.; (various notations overall); by later hand, upper left in graphite: 104a

Provenance

John Collingwood; (J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1983-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Maas & Co. Ltd., J.S.
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor

Exhibition History

1919: Ruskin Centenary Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1 October - 22 November, 1919: no. 213 (as Early Leaf Sculpture for "Stones of Venice").

1982: La Bella Mano: Pre-Raphaelite Paintings and Decorative Arts, Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1982: no. 30 (as Study of Architectural Ornament with Acanthus Motif).

1989: The Spell of Italy, McGregor Room, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, 5 March - 30 July, 1989.