Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fiesole from the River Mugnone outside of Florence

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rome and Florence 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
D16620
Turner Bequest CXCI 80

Catalogue entry

As Cecilia Powell first correctly identified this sketch depicts a distant view of Fiesole seen from the northern outskirts of Florence.1 Turner’s viewpoint is the banks of the River Mugnone looking north east. Silhouetted against the horizon at the top of the steep hill in the centre is the convent of San Francesco, whilst the building on the lower slopes immediately beneath is the Villa Palmieri, see folio 78 (D16616). A similar view can be seen on folio 80 verso (D16621).

Nicola Moorby
February 2011

1
Powell 1984, p.431.

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