Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Ruskin, 1819–1900, British
Title:
Head of Athena, After a Greek Amphora
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (21 x 14.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Drawn by Ruskin from Greek Vase | & intended for Aratra Pentalici"; in graphite lower center: <Drawn by Ruskin from Greek Vase>"; in graphite lower right: "1930.228"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.810
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
woman | amphora | vase | profile (figure) | portrait | head | Greek mythology
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Unto This Last (Watts Gallery) (Watts Gallery Trust, 2020-03-10 - 2020-11-01)

Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)

Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Unto this last : two hundred years of John Ruskin, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2019, p. 240, no. 56a, NJ18.R895 .B37 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6356