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Gezicht op S. Anastasia te Verona

John Ruskin

1829 - 1900

Medium

brush

Dimensions

h 148mm × w 225mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; watercolor (paint); pencil

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

canals, waters (in city) (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1957

Notes

Aankoop uit het F.G. Waller-Fonds

Collection Type

drawings

About John Ruskin

1819–1900 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom

Ruskin was the most important British architectural critic of the nineteenth century. While still an undergraduate, Ruskin contributed a number of articles on "The Poetry of Architecture" under the nom de plume of Kata Phusin to J. C. Loudon's "Architectural Magazine." He was appointed first Slade Professor at Oxford University in 1868. He is the author of "The Stones of Venice."