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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Southern Germany, Austria and Venice ... > Venice up to Trento Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on the Crag Above; a Study of the Castle 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on the Crag Above; a Study of the Castle’ 1833
Folio 84 Recto:
Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on the Crag Above; a Study of the Castle 1833
D31760
Turner Bequest CCCXII 84
Pencil on white laid paper, 109 x 203 mm
Inscribed by C.F. Bell in black ink ‘84’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXII – 84’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The page was used both ways for two related sketches. In the horizontal prospect, the ruin of Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) is seen on its dramatic crag high on the east side of the Adige (Etsch) Valley, with the village of Salorno (Salurn) just beyond to its north-east. Overlapping at right-angles at the bottom right is a more detailed study of the castle from the west; see also the verso (D31761).
At the top centre are two slight continuations from views of the village and castle on folio 83 verso opposite (D31759); see also the distant view from the north-east on folio 82 verso (D31758). The castle stood on Turner’s route northward between Trento and Bolzano (Bozen), and there are nearby subjects on adjacent pages; see the sketchbook’s Introduction for the overall itinerary.

Matthew Imms
May 2019

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on the Crag Above; a Study of the Castle 1833’, catalogue entry, May 2019, 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/salorno-salurn-with-the-ruin-of-the-castello-di-salorno-castel-haderburg-on-the-crag-above-r1203954, accessed 13 June 2025.