Joseph Mallord William Turner

Nepi from the North

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Ancona to Rome Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 110 x 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D14814
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 82 a

Catalogue entry

After Civita Castellana, Turner’s route to Rome left the Via Flaminia and led him south-west to Nepi, a town approximately twenty-three miles north of the Eternal City. This sketch shows a view of Nepi from the Castel Sant’Elia road to the north. The skyline of the town includes, from left to right: the campanile of the Palazzo Comunale; the dome and cupola of the Church of San Pietro; and the spire of the cathedral (rebuilt in 1831). The panorama continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 83 (D14815).
Other studies related to Nepi can be found on folios 76 verso (D14802) and 80 verso–83 verso (D14810–6). See also Turner’s 1828 sketches in the Viterbo and Ronciglione Sketchbook (Tate D21788–D21808; Turner Bequest CXXXVI 12a–22a).

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

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