Santi Maria e Donato
Date
1851
Creator
James Charles Armytage (1802 - 1897, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
William Dickes & Company, Printer
After
John James Ruskin (1785, British) , Art critic
Object type
Library reference
R61623
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 180mm
width (page): 250mm
height (plate): 130mm
width (plate): 210mm
width (page): 250mm
height (plate): 130mm
width (plate): 210mm
Subject
Description
Architectural study of the archivolt of the Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato, Murano, Venice, showing intricately sculpted triangle details and arches.
Inscribed: ‘J. Ruskin. J. C. Armytage./ Archivolt in the Duomo of Murano/ In colours by W. Dickes & Co. Licensees’
Plate V from John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice, vol. 1 (London, 1851).
John Ruskin (1819–1900), British art critic and social critic, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed: ‘J. Ruskin. J. C. Armytage./ Archivolt in the Duomo of Murano/ In colours by W. Dickes & Co. Licensees’
Plate V from John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice, vol. 1 (London, 1851).
John Ruskin (1819–1900), British art critic and social critic, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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