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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Interior of the Duomo, Milan 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Interior of the Duomo, Milan’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Interior of the Duomo, Milan 1820
D16694
Turner Bequest CXCII 27 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 128 x 98 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Yellow’ and ‘Red P’ top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch is a study of a sculptural screen from one of the side aisles within the Duomo (cathedral) of Milan. Turner has annotated the drawing with notes concerning colour and the addition of a figure standing in front of the structure helps establish a sense of scale. Further interior studies of the Duomo can be found on folios 29 and 29 verso (D16695 and D16696; Turner Bequest CXCII 28 and 28a), and also in the Milan to Venice sketchbook (Tate D14344, D14345 and D14488; Turner Bequest CLXXV 12, 13 and 90a). The latter also contains several views of the exterior of the building (see for example Tate D14328; Turner Bequest CLXXV 2). For further sketches of Milan see the introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Interior of the Duomo, Milan 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-interior-of-the-duomo-milan-r1142594, accessed 18 September 2024.