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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Verso:
Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome 1819
D15412
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 60 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like many other artists visiting Rome, Turner sketched the so-called Temple of Minerva Medica, a ruined circular monument which stands on the Esquiline Hill between the present-day via Giovanni Giolotti and the railway tracks leading into Termini station, close to the Porta Maggiore (also known as the Porta Praenestina). This sketch depicts the inner façade of the ruins with the surviving portion of the vaulted ceiling. For other sketches of the Temple and a full description see folio 56 (D15401; Turner Bequest CLXXXII 55).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome 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-temple-of-minerva-medica-rome-r1132707, accessed 19 April 2024.