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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Pozzano, with Castellamare in the Distance 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pozzano, with Castellamare in the Distance’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
Pozzano, with Castellamare in the Distance 1819
D15810
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 38 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch represents a view of the village of Pozzano on the Sorrentine peninsula with Castellammare di Stabia (formerly Castellamare) in the distance beyond. Turner’s viewpoint appears to be from a boat on the sea to the west. The church on the hill with the distinctive square campanile is the Basilica of Pozzano (also known as the Santuario della Madonna di Pozzano), see folio 39 (D15811). Further views can be seen on folio 61 (D15849; Turner Bequest CLXXXV 60).

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Pozzano, with Castellamare in the Distance 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-pozzano-with-castellamare-in-the-distance-r1138277, accessed 25 April 2024.