Joseph Mallord William Turner

?River Po, from the Southern Outskirts of Turin

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Turin, Como, Lugarno, Maggiore Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 111 × 186 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D14188
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 22

Catalogue entry

This sketch is tentatively identified as a view of the River Po from the southern outskirts of Turin, probably near Moncalieri. Visible in the distance are the Alps and a small part of the line of the mountains spills over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 22 verso (D14187; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 21a).

Nicola Moorby
January 2013

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