Live Auction 13322Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours
John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (London 1819-1900)
Lot 236

John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (London 1819-1900)

Figures from The Last Judgement

Closed7 December 2016

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GBP 2,250

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John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (London 1819-1900)
Figures from The Last Judgement
pencil and watercolour
11 ¼ x 9 in. (28.6 x 23 cm.)

T.E. Jessop.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 19 (part).

Specialist note

Ruskin made numerous studies of details from paintings of the early Italian Renaissance and the present drawing appears to be taken from a fresco of the Last Judgement. An almost identical study with the addition of architectural details and an inscription 'PAUPTAS PAUPERTAS', is in the Ruskin Library, Lancaster University.

We are grateful to Stephen Wildman for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.