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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Moncalieri, from the East 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Moncalieri, from the East’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
Distant View of Moncalieri, from the East 1819
D14173
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 14 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From Turin, Turner made a short detour to Moncalieri, a town approximately four miles south of the city, notable for its castle, the Castello Reale, which was a residence of the ruling House of Savoy. This sketch depicts a distant view of Moncalieri from the east with the Alps rising in the distance beyond. The composition continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 16 (D14174; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 15). Turner has also made a separate study of the profile of the mountains at the top of the page.
For a more detailed study of the Castello Reale and a list of further views of Moncalieri see folio 17 (D14176; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 16).

Nicola Moorby
December 2012

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant View of Moncalieri, from the East 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2012, 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-distant-view-of-moncalieri-from-the-east-r1142696, accessed 25 April 2024.