By Permission of the National Gallery, London
By Permission of the National Gallery, London
Although Ruskin is describing Nicolas Poussin 's Landscape with a man washing his feet at a fountain (c.1648), referred to as Phocion throughout Modern Painters I, Cook and Wedderburn note that in the 1888 edition Ruskin changed the reference:
In the 1888 and subsequent eds. "Nicholas" was altered to "Gaspar," apparently under the idea that the picture here referred to is the "La Riccia"... but the "olive green" clouds, etc., are in the "Phocion," not in the "La Riccia." ( Works, 3.282)
Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665
Landscape with a Man washing his Feet at a Fountain c.1648
Oil on canvas, 74.3x100.3cm
Provenance: Sir George Beaumont collection by 1787; his Gift, 1823/8
Further Comments: The picture is described as a traveller washing his feet. In the 1888 and following eds. It was thought Ruskin was reffering to Gaspar's 'La Riccia', but the 'olive green' green clouds are in 'Phocion' not 'La Riccia'.
Collection: National Gallery, London