John Ruskin

Street in Bologna

1845 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash and white gouache, over graphite, on gray wove paper · 22.8 × 16.3 cm (9 × 6 7/16 in.)

Street in Bologna, Ruskin, 1845
Art Institute of Chicago

Ruskin, Street in Bologna, 1845. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash and white gouache, over graphite, on gray wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and the Estate of Roger McCormick

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