Joseph Mallord William Turner

Distant View of Vesuvius and the Sorrentine Peninsula, from Via Posillipo

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Naples, Paestum and Rome Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 × 189 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D16072
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 82 a

Catalogue entry

This sketch depicts a view looking east towards Vesuvius and the distant Sorrentine peninsula from the Posillipo coastline. The precise location remains unidentified but there are a number of houses and villas scattered along the tops of the cliffs. For a similar vista see the Naples: Rome C. Studies sketchbook (Tate D16106; Turner Bequest CLXXXVII 18). Related views from the Via Posillipo can be seen on folios 83 verso–87 (D16070–D16077; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 81a–85), as well as the Gandolfo to Naples sketchbook (Tate D15669; Turner Bequest 56a) and the Naples: Rome C. Studies sketchbook (Tate D16094–6; Turner Bequest CLXXXVII 7–9).

Nicola Moorby
August 2010

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