Joseph Mallord William Turner

Part of a View from Monte Testaccio, Rome

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: D16498
Turner Bequest CXCI 8

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Turner made a series of drawings from the high vantage point of Monte Testaccio, an artificial hill in southern Rome constructed from a Roman pottery dump, see folios 6 verso–8 verso (D16495–D16499). This sketch records part of the view looking south. The rest of the drawing continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 7 verso (D16497).

Nicola Moorby
February 2009

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruined Aqueducts at Ponte degli Arci, near Tivoli

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Roman Aqueduct; Landscape

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Roman Aqueduct at Ars-sur-Moselle

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of the Roman Aqueduct at Ars-sur-Moselle from Ancy

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