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‘Val d’Aosta’: John Brett and John Ruskin in the Alps, 1858

03/2007 | 1248 | 149

Pages: 165-172

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Author:

Newall, Christopher (Newall, Christopher)

Subjects

art literature:

Ruskin, John

artists:

Brett, John

dates:

1850-1859

places:

Valle d'Aosta / Italy

print:

Ruskin, John

print:

Brett, John

subjects:

British painting / Topography / Topographical views / Pre-Raphaelite / Collections, Private / Collections, Public

subjects:

Landscape (environment) / Mountains

Illustrations

Attributed works:

20. The Glacier of Rosenlaui, by John Brett. 1856. Canvas, 44.5 by 41.9 cm. (Tate, London).

Attributed works:

21. Val d’Aosta, by John Brett. 1858. Canvas, 87.6 by 68 cm. (Collection Lord Lloyd-Webber).

Attributed works:

22. The stonebreaker, by John Brett. 1857. Canvas, 51.3 by 68.5 cm. (National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery).

Attributed works:

23. Castle of Ivrea, by John Brett. 1858. Watercolour and bodycolour, 12.7 by 18.1 cm. (Maas Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

24. Photograph of the westward view from Mont-Torretta, as seen in Brett’s Val d’Aosta, taken by the author in September 2006.

Attributed works:

25. Landscape study in the Aosta Valley, by John Brett. 1858. Watercolour, 24.5 by 19.4 (Collection Lord Lloyd-Webber).

Attributed works:

26. Photograph of metamorphic gneiss bedrock in the immediate vicinity of Brett’s vantage point on Mont-Torretta when painting Val d’Aosta, taken by the author in September 2006.

Attributed works:

27. The Mountain Gloom, photogravure plate after John Ruskin’s drawing, from Modern Painters IV, Works VI, repr. opposite p.416.

Attributed works:

28. Albumen photograph by W. Jeffrey of Val d’Aosta in its unfinished state. 1858. 18.1 by 13.7 cm. (Maas Gallery, London).

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