'Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo

From Albano, Nemi, Rome Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXXXII

Date 1819

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 113 x 189 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D15306

Turner Bequest CLXXXII 6 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 6 Verso:

Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo 1819

D15306
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 6 a

Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner circled Lake Albano and made sketches from several different points. This view shows the slopes on the southern shore of the lake and the town of Castel Gandolfo. The drawing is continued on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 7 (D15307).

For a full discussion of Turner’s depictions of Lake Albano see folio 3 verso (D15301) and the general introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

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