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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Ariccia 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Ariccia’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Distant View of Ariccia 1819
D15328
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 18 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The rough nature of this landscape sketch makes the location difficult to identify but the shallow dome and adjacent twin towers visible in the centre suggest that this is a distant view of Ariccia with the Church of Santa Maria dell’Assunzione, looking back from the road towards Genzano and Lake Nemi. Similar compositions can be found on folios 87 and 87 verso (D15461 and D15462; Turner Bequest CLXXXII 86 and 86a). For a general discussion of Ariccia see folio 83 verso (D15454; Turner Bequest CLXXXII 82a).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant View of Ariccia 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2008, 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-distant-view-of-ariccia-r1132623, accessed 25 April 2024.