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 > Return from Italy Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Chimneys, Milan; and Two Figures 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Chimneys, Milan; and Two Figures’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
Studies of Chimneys, Milan; and Two Figures 1820
D16670
Turner Bequest CXCII 15 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘115 | Milanese Chimneys’ top centre and ‘[?Brown Red | White Dress]’ bottom right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains several studies of chimneys and other architectural features which Turner has recorded in an inscription as ‘Milanese’. The individual buildings have not been identified although many of the chimneys appear to be of the Renaissance style. For further sketches of Milan see the introduction to the sketchbook.
Also on the page is a small sketch of two figures carrying a large basket or bundle (bottom right-hand corner, inverted).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Studies of Chimneys, Milan; and Two Figures 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-studies-of-chimneys-milan-and-two-figures-r1142569, accessed 23 April 2024.