Treasures from the Ruskin Collection

More than a thousand works from the Ruskin Collection can be viewed online via the Sheffield Museums website. Browse some highlights of the collection using the list below, and read more about The Ruskin Collection

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Angelo Alessandri (1854-1931): Study of Adam and Eve from "The Paradise" after Tintoretto (1883).

Ruskin considered Tintoretto's "Paradiso" (or “The Paradise”) "the most precious thing Venice possesses" and the greatest work Tintoretto ever created. It is over 10 metres tall and 25 metres wide and covers an entire wall of the council chamber in the Doge's Palace. This painting depicts only a detail.

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Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice, Italy

(1877-1882) by John Wharlton Bunney (1828-1882). This magnificent painting is on permanent display in the Millennium Gallery

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