Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fountain on the Via dell’Abbondanza, at the Back of the Building of Eumachia, Pompeii

1819

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., 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: D15765
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 15 a

Catalogue entry

This sketch represents a view of the Via dell’Abbondanza (Street of Abundance), one of the main thoroughfares of Pompeii which runs from the south-east corner of the Forum to the Porta di Sarno on the far eastern perimeter of the city walls. Turner’s sketch depicts a public fountain near the junction with the Vicolo di Eumachia at the back of the Building of Eumachia.1 Comprised of a stone basin and a tablet decorated with a woman holding a cornucopia or ‘horn of plenty’, the fountain gives the street its name.

For further sketches and a general discussion of Turner’s visit to Pompeii see the introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
September 2010

See http://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/Fountains/Fountain%2070967.htm, accessed September 2010.

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