The Casa Loredan, Venice
artist
John Ruskin
(London, 1819 - 1900, Coniston, England)
Date1850
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPen and brush in brown ink and watercolor on gray wove paper
Dimensions32.4 x 45.7 cm (12 3/4 x 18 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP17e32
eMuseum ID723171
EmbARK ObjectID10987
TMS Source ID245
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 312.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 127-28.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 18 (3 Jan. 1965), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 34-35, no. 16.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 215.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 95, ill. (as about 1850)
Alan Chong in Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 109, 233, 250, 274, fi.g 186. (as 1850)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 312.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 127-28.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 18 (3 Jan. 1965), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 34-35, no. 16.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 215.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 95, ill. (as about 1850)
Alan Chong in Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 109, 233, 250, 274, fi.g 186. (as 1850)
MarksNotesInscribed in graphite (left): Same as little / dotted column / drawn at St. Marks // ... columns / ... together have / capitals on both / others all different / Marks School.
Inscribed on old mat: Casa Loredan / J. Ruskin del. 1850 / See "Stones of Venice" ii. 390 (4). Brought from Brantwood, 1900. / C.E. Norton.
Inscribed on old mat: Casa Loredan / J. Ruskin del. 1850 / See "Stones of Venice" ii. 390 (4). Brought from Brantwood, 1900. / C.E. Norton.
ProvenanceNotesBequeathed by the English architectural critic and author John Ruskin (1819-1900) to the English watercolorist Arthur Severn (1842-1931) and his wife Mrs. Arthur Severn (Joan Agnew, 1846-1924), 1900.
Purchased by the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge from the Severn family, Brantwood, 1900.
Puchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton for $250 on 7 March 1901.
Purchased by the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge from the Severn family, Brantwood, 1900.
Puchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton for $250 on 7 March 1901.
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