DrawingsBritish19th century

Unfinished Sketch of Siena

1872

Artists

Albert GoodwinArtist

John RuskinPrevious attribution

Description

two sketches on one sheet; top: Siena with cathedral; bottom: quick sketch

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache, graphite, and white chalk on cream wove paper, darkened

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.9 x 22.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.)

Provenance

Charles Eliot Norton, to; his daughters Sara, Margaret, and Elizabeth, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919 (purchased with money given by Samuel Sachs)

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