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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Antique Statuary, including a Candelabrum; and Two Sketches of Buildings 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Antique Statuary, including a Candelabrum; and Two Sketches of Buildings’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
Study of Antique Statuary, including a Candelabrum; and Two Sketches of Buildings 1819
D16639
Turner Bequest CXCI 91
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXCI 91’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The main part of this page is devoted to studies of antique statuary, possibly from the Uffizi in Florence or one of the churches or museums in Rome. The most complete appears to depict a large and ornate marble candelabrum decorated with sculptural reliefs which was designed to hold a Paschal (Easter) candle. A similar object dating from the twelfth century can be found in the Church of San Paolo fuori le mura in Rome. Also on the sheet are two rough sketches of an unidentified Italian piazza and buildings.

Nicola Moorby
February 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Study of Antique Statuary, including a Candelabrum; and Two Sketches of Buildings 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2011, 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-study-of-antique-statuary-including-a-candelabrum-and-two-r1138532, accessed 23 April 2024.