'View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo

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

D15341

Turner Bequest CLXXXII 25

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 25 Recto:

View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo 1819

D15341
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 25

Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm

Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Cave’ bottom left and ‘Yellow’ within sketch above line of lake
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘25’ top right and ‘301’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXII 25’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This view of Lake Nemi continues from a sketch of Genzano on the opposite page, see folio 24 verso (D15340). It shows the steep slopes surrounding the lake with the distant peak of Monte Cavo partially obscured by clouds beyond. On the right is the town of Nemi with the circular tower of the Castello Ruspoli.

For a general discussion of Turner’s view of Lake Nemi see folio 19 (D15329).

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.