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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Verona: Ponte Scaligero 1833

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Verona: Ponte Scaligero’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Verso:
Verona: Ponte Scaligero 1833
D31538
Turner Bequest CCCXI 62a
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 113 x 184 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of the Ponte Scaligero (also known as the Castel Vecchio Bridge) at Verona. It crosses the Adige River and is connected to the Castel Vecchio, a medieval castle built by Cangrande II della Scala.
For more views of Verona in this sketchbook see Tate D31531–D31532, D31539–D31541, D31547–D31549, D31551–D31563, D31577–D31578; Turner Bequest CCCXI 58a–59, 63–64, 67–68, 69–75, 83–83a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Verona: Ponte Scaligero 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-verona-ponte-scaligero-r1203552, accessed 25 October 2025.