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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of a Panoramic View of the Gulf of Salerno; and the Ruins of the Castle of San Gennaro near Genzano di Roma 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of a Panoramic View of the Gulf of Salerno; and the Ruins of the Castle of San Gennaro near Genzano di Roma’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
Part of a Panoramic View of the Gulf of Salerno; and the Ruins of the Castle of San Gennaro near Genzano di Roma 1819
D16079
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Castello St Genaro’ top centre, and ‘Gensano’ top left of sketch
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘86’ bottom left, inverted, and ‘245’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVI 86’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch at the bottom of the page is part of a panoramic 180-degree view of the Gulf of Salerno. The composition continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 87 verso (D16078; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 85a), but this side represents the vista looking south-east in the direction of the Plain of Paestum and the Cilento Mountains.
As Turner’s inscriptions indicate the studies at the top of the page depict the ruins of the castle of San Gennaro near the town of Genzano di Roma. Turner observed the remains from the Via Appia on the return route to Rome from the south. A further sketch can be found on folio 59 verso (D16023; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 57a).

Nicola Moorby
July 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Part of a Panoramic View of the Gulf of Salerno; and the Ruins of the Castle of San Gennaro near Genzano di Roma 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-part-of-a-panoramic-view-of-the-gulf-of-salerno-and-the-r1138003, accessed 26 April 2024.