Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
John Ruskin
Verona, Can Grande Tomb, Madonna and Heraldic Dog
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January 25, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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John Ruskin
London 1819 - 1900 Brantwood
Verona, Can Grande Tomb, Madonna and Heraldic Dog
Watercolor over pencil, heightened with white
230 by 198 mm; 9 by 7⅞ in.
Bequeathed upon the artist's death to Joan Ruskin Severn, née Agnew (1846-1924);
T.F. Taylor, by 1904;
with Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zürich
T.F. Taylor, by 1904;
with Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zürich
E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn (eds.), The Complete Works of John Ruskin (Library Edition), vol. 19, London, 1905, pl. 24 (as an illustration to Ruskin's lecture of 1870, 'Verona and its Rivers');
Library Edition, vol. 38, London 1912, ‘Catalogue of Drawings’, p. 302, no. 2058
Library Edition, vol. 38, London 1912, ‘Catalogue of Drawings’, p. 302, no. 2058