J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Details from a Bas-Relief, ?Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Details from a Bas-Relief, ?Rome’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Details from a Bas-Relief, ?Rome 1819
D16423
Turner Bequest CXC 21
Pencil and grey watercolour on white wove paper, 130 x 255 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ top right and by an unknown hand in pencil ‘21’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXC 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this rough sketch has not yet been identified although it appears to represent details from a bas-relief. Further studies showing similar figures from a decorative frieze can be found on folios 1 and 50 verso (D16399 and D16472; Turner Bequest CXC 5 and 56v).

Nicola Moorby
June 2009

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Details from a Bas-Relief, ?Rome 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-details-from-a-bas-relief-rome-r1132525, accessed 24 September 2024.