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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Porta Feltre, Belluno 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Porta Feltre, Belluno’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Recto:
The Porta Feltre, Belluno 1840
D32403
Turner Bequest CCCXX 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 149 mm
Partial watermark ‘J H’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXX – 72’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view appears to show the lost Porta Feltre, a classical arch flanked by coupled half columns which stood in what is now the Piazzale Guglielmo Marconi on the west side of Belluno until 1926, when photographs recorded its demolition. The campanile of the cathedral is seen in the distance on the right, high above the Piave Valley.
Folio 67 verso (D32394) shows the medieval Porta Rugo on the far side of the town. For other views in and around Belluno on adjacent pages, see under folio 66 verso (D32392).

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Porta Feltre, Belluno 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-porta-feltre-belluno-r1196637, accessed 05 April 2026.