'Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the North-West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the North-West

From Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXXXV

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

D15819

Turner Bequest CLXXXV 45

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 45 Recto:

Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the North-West 1819

D15819
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 45

Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm

Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ bottom right and ‘45’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 45’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The subject of this panoramic view is the Bay of Naples between Castel dell’Ovo and Mergellina, with Castel Sant’Elmo on the hill to the left and Vesuvius and the Sorrentine peninsula stretching along the horizon beyond. Turner’s viewpoint is from the north-west, possibly from the Posillipo Hill.

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

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