'Rome: The Temple of Vesta', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

Rome: The Temple of Vesta

From Collaborations with Thomas Girtin for Dr Monro, and Other Copies

Date c.1795-7

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 239 x 328 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D36531

Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 10

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Rome: The Temple of Vesta c.1795–7

D36531
Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 10

Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 239 x 328 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 10’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner

Exhibition history

References

The pencil work is by Girtin. This was probably copied from a sketch by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797).

Verso:

Inscribed by ?Thomas Girtin ‘Temple of Vesta / Grey’ and in a later hand ‘112’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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