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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Grave Altars, at ?Tivoli 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Grave Altars, at ?Tivoli’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Two Sketches of Grave Altars, at ?Tivoli 1819
D15040
Turner Bequest CLXXIX 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘61’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIX 60’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page appears to contain two rough drawings of antique grave altars. The source is unidentified but the objects were almost certainly seen in Tivoli and probably relate to other sketches of sculptural fragments within this sketchbook, see folios 61 verso–62 verso (D15041–D15043). Turner was fascinated by classical statuary and made numerous studies during his 1819 tour of Italy. The most extensive series can be found within the Vatican Fragments sketchbook (see Tate; Turner Bequest CLXXX).

Nicola Moorby
February 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Sketches of Grave Altars, at ?Tivoli 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2010, 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-two-sketches-of-grave-altars-at-tivoli-r1137674, accessed 20 September 2024.