Joseph Mallord William Turner

An Idealised Italianate Landscape with Trees above a Lake or Bay, Lit by a Low Sun

c.1828–9

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Colour Studies of Idealised Italianate Landscapes
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 312 × 439 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D25311
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 189

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This colour study has much in common with a watercolour of 'Arona, Lago Maggiore'. Like the view of 'Florence', this was a subject engraved for the 'Keepsake'. Charles Heath seems originally to have intended Turner's watercolours to contribute to a project containing Italian scenery in a publication similar in scope to that of the 'Picturesque Views in England and Wales', upon which both he and Turner were then engaged.

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