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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Albano, Nemi, Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo 1819
D15341
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Cave’ bottom left and ‘Yellow’ within sketch above line of lake
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘25’ top right and ‘301’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXII 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Lake Nemi continues from a sketch of Genzano on the opposite page, see folio 24 verso (D15340). It shows the steep slopes surrounding the lake with the distant peak of Monte Cavo partially obscured by clouds beyond. On the right is the town of Nemi with the circular tower of the Castello Ruspoli.
For a general discussion of Turner’s view of Lake Nemi see folio 19 (D15329).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View of Lake of Nemi, with Nemi and Monte Cavo 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2008, 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-view-of-lake-of-nemi-with-nemi-and-monte-cavo-r1132636, accessed 25 April 2024.