Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

The Convent at Monte Cavo

c.1794–8

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In Tate Britain

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Artists
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Part of
Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro
Medium
Ink wash and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
None
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D36418
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 5

Catalogue entry

Compare the view of this convent on folio 23 recto (D36436).
Verso:
Blank (laid down); inscribed, probably by Thomas Girtin, in pencil ‘Monte Cava | Convent’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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