Sketches of a tomb, possibly that of Arnoldo Tentonino, in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, for 'The Stones of Venice'

People:

John Ruskin (draughtsman)

Title:

Sketches of a tomb, possibly that of Arnoldo Tentonino, in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, for 'The Stones of Venice'

Date:

between 1849 and 1852

Description:

- Ruskin accepted Marchese Selvatico's identification of this tomb in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Modern guidebooks do not identify it.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawings
detail drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite, with some pen and brown ink

Dimensions:

secondary support: 41.4 x 28.5 cm sheet: 32.0 x 26.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0053

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

sketch profile (orthographic drawing)
sketch elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, or pen and brown ink, l.c.: "Fir cone dogtooth / Armour. / armour / hair flowing / child swathed / b bands of black & white & diamonds / eyes painted. / Sword not seen from below / Tomb of Arnoldo - in the Frari. / The outside interval a. always the same. / but b and c. alternate with each other in side; other comments in graphite and pen and brown ink.

Location:

Venice; Italy;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tomb

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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