J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fiesole from the South 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fiesole from the South’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Verso:
Fiesole from the South 1819
D16621
Turner Bequest CXCI 80 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Vineyard’ bottom left and ‘Fiesole’ within slope of hill bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner repeatedly drew the famous panoramic vista of Florence from Fiesole, but he also recorded the view of distant Fiesole from the road from Florence to the south. This sketch depicts the hilly Tuscan landscape from a point near the banks of the River Mugnone with Fiesole on the right and a vineyard on the left. Related views can be seen on folios 79 verso–80 (D16619–D16620).
At the top of the page there are additional rough details suggesting a further unidentified landscape subject.

Nicola Moorby
February 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Fiesole from the South 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-fiesole-from-the-south-r1138514, accessed 04 April 2026.