The Frescoes of Giotto Illustrating the Lives of the Virgin and Our Saviour, Arena Chapel, Padua
Eugen Eduard Schäffer (Frankfurt 1802 - Frankfurt 1871)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1860
Materials
paper
Measurements
586 x 460 mm
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581544
Summary
Prints, wood engraving, The Frescoes of Giotto Illustrating the Lives of the Virgin and Our Saviour, Arena Chapel, Padua by Eugen Eduard Schäffer (Frankfurt 1802 - Frankfurt 1871). A series of wood engravings from 'The Frescoes of Giotto Illustrating the Lives of the Virgin and Our Saviour' in the Arena Chapel, Padua. Published by the Arundel Society and originally with notes by John Ruskin. There are fourteen prints and a title page which are not individually numbered. The notes by Ruskin are missing. See also WAL/B/145.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Eugen Eduard Schäffer (Frankfurt 1802 - Frankfurt 1871) , engraver after Giotto (Colle di Vespigniano near Vicchio 1266/7 – Florence 1337), artist Arundel Society.., engraver and publisher