'Landscape with a bridge, ?near Recanati', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Landscape with a bridge, ?near Recanati

From Ancona to Rome Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXXVII

Date 1819

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 110 x 186 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D14659

Turner Bequest CLXXVII 4

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 4 Recto:

Landscape with a bridge, ?near Recanati 1819

D14659
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 4

Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVII 4’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

After a sustained period of travel along the east coast from Rimini, Turner’s route towards Rome turned inland at Ancona and began to follow a south-westerly course towards the Apennine Mountains. The location of this sketch remains unidentified but it probably depicts a view amidst the hills in the countryside between Ancona and Macerata. The rustic bridge in the foreground may be a crossing of the River Potenza near the post stage of Sambucheto, whilst the hill town in the distance on the right may be Recanati. Two figures can be seen at the water’s edge in the central foreground.

Nicola Moorby
November 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.