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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Gandolfo to Naples Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Capua, from the Ponte Romano 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Capua, from the Ponte Romano’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
Capua, from the Ponte Romano 1819
D15621
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ bottom right and ‘33’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 33’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s route to Naples took him through the town of Capua where he made several detailed sketches of the topography and architecture. This drawing represents a view from the northern point of entry to the town, the Ponte Romano, looking across the Volturno river towards the opposite bank. The tower in the centre of the skyline is the campanile of the Duomo (Cathedral) of Santissimi Stefano e Agata, whilst the dome on the right represents the Chiesa dell’Annunziata. Rising above Capua in the distance is the peak of Monte Tifata. Further sketches can be found on folios 33–33 verso and 34 verso–35 verso (D15619–D15620 and D15622–D15624; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 32–32 verso and 33 verso–34a).

Nicola Moorby
April 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Capua, from the Ponte Romano 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-capua-from-the-ponte-romano-r1138083, accessed 20 April 2024.