'St Peter's and the Villa Medici, Rome, from near the Gardens of the Villa Borghese', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

St Peter's and the Villa Medici, Rome, from near the Gardens of the Villa Borghese

From St Peter's Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII

Date 1819

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 114 x 189 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D16232

Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII 43

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 44 Recto:

St Peter’s and the Villa Medici, Rome, from near the Gardens of the Villa Borghese 1819

D16232
Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII 43

Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 189 mm

Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ bottom right (very faint)
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVIII 43’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The sketch depicts the view looking south-west towards Villa Medici and the distant dome of St Peter’s from a point near the Porta Pinciana and the gardens of the Villa Borghese. The building in the bottom right-hand corner appears to be the Casino di Raffaello, the subject of a sketch on the following page, see folio 44 verso (D16233; Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII 43a). A similar view can be found on folio 45 verso (D16235; Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII 44a).

Nicola Moorby
October 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.