Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo, with a Study of San. Tommaso di Villanova

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Albano, Nemi, 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
D15313
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 10

Catalogue entry

In the right-hand corner of this view of the town of Castel Gandolfo above Lake Albano, Turner has made a detailed study of the dome of San Tommaso di Villanova, the church designed by Bernini which stands next to the Pope’s summer residence.
For a full discussion of Turner’s depictions of Lake Albano see folio 3 verso (D15301) and the general introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

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