Joseph Mallord William Turner

Copy of Tintoretto’s ‘The Crucifixion’ in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Route to Rome Sketchbook
Medium
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Support: 88 × 114 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D13906
Turner Bequest CLXXI 25 a

Catalogue entry

During his 1819 stay in Venice, Turner made a particular study of the famous cycle of paintings by Tintoretto (1518–94) in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. John Gage first identified the subject of this schematic copy as The Crucifixion, 1565, in the Sala dell’Albergo.1 Further related sketches can be found on folios 23 verso, 24 verso, 26–27 and 29 verso–30 verso (D13902, D13904, D13907–D13909 and D13914–D13916).

Nicola Moorby
March 2010

1
See http://www.scuolagrandesanrocco.it/inglese/popup.asp?id=35.

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