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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on its Crag above the River Adige (Etsch); a Study of the Castle 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on its Crag above the River Adige (Etsch); a Study of the Castle’ 1833
Folio 83 Verso:
Views of Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on its Crag above the River Adige (Etsch); a Study of the Castle 1833
D31759
Turner Bequest CCCXII 83a
Pencil on white laid paper, 203 x 109 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘R Etsch’ towards top right, and ‘River Etsch’ centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are two main studies, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Both show the ruined Castel Salorno (Haderburg) on its dramatic crag high on the east side of the Adige (Etsch) Valley (labelled twice in its German form), south-west of the village of Salorno (Salurn); both sketches are carried over a little onto folio 84 recto opposite (D31760). Below is a separate study of the ruins from a similar direction, the other way up.
The castle is seen in the distance from further upstream on folio 82 verso (D31757) and in views from the south opposite and on folio 84 verso (D31760–D31761), 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, ‘Views of Salorno (Salurn), with the Ruin of the Castello di Salorno (Castel Haderburg) on its Crag above the River Adige (Etsch); 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/views-of-salorno-salurn-with-the-ruin-of-the-castello-di-salorno-castel-haderburg-on-its-r1203953, accessed 13 June 2025.