Joseph Mallord William Turner

The drawing continues across folio 17 verso opposite (D14520). Finberg subsequently annotated his 1909 Inventory entry (‘On the Giudecca, looking towards the Salute’): ‘Sal. Dogana. D’s Pal & Camp. S Giorgio from nr Zittella [sic]’.1 The Turner scholar C.F. Bell crossed out ‘looking towards the Salute’ in another copy and wrote: ‘Salute to l. S. Giorgio to r | Doge’s Palce [?& c] in centre’.2 Bell marked Finberg’s similar text in In Venice with Turner (1930): ‘The Salute on the left, the Ducal Pal in centre, S. Giorgio on right’.3

The viewpoint is along the north side of the Isola della Giudecca, either on the Fondamenta delle Zitelle or in a boat not far out in the Canale, looking due north to the porch of the Dogana and north-north-west to the domes and towers of Santa Maria della Salute on the opposite page. Here the panorama continues to the north-east along the Bacino waterfront, with the campanile and domes of San Marco (St Mark’s) on the left. Finally, across the water to the right, just off the end of the Giudecca, is the Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, with the porch, dome and campanile of its church.

Compare the less detailed panorama from the Canale della Giudecca on folios 16 verso–17 recto (D14518–D14519). For other drawings made in the vicinity, see the sketchbook’s Introduction.