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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fragments of Sculpture, ?Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fragments of Sculpture, ?Rome’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Recto:
Fragments of Sculpture, ?Rome 1819
D15425
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 188 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘67’ top right and ‘301’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXII 67’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains a sketch of a fragment of antique sculpture, possibly part of an entablature. The identity of the piece or the location where Turner saw it has not yet been identified although it may be part of a ruin from the Roman Forum. Alternatively, it might represent part of Turner’s exploration of the Capitoline or Vatican Museums in Rome, contained principally within the Vatican Fragments sketchbook (Turner Bequest; CLXXX). See also folios 22 verso, 67 verso and 69 verso (D15350, D15423 and D15428; Turner Bequest CLXXXII 66a and 68a).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Fragments of Sculpture, ?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-fragments-of-sculpture-rome-r1132720, accessed 19 September 2024.