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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Tivoli from the South, with the Rocca Pia 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Tivoli from the South, with the Rocca Pia’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
View of Tivoli from the South, with the Rocca Pia 1819
D15062
Turner Bequest CLXXIX 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘72’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIX 72’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch appears to be a distant view of Tivoli from the slopes of Colle Ripoli to the south of the town. Turner’s vista looks north across Tivoli towards the distant mountains rising beyond. Recognisable landmarks include, near the central foreground, Tivoli’s fifteenth-century castle, the Rocca Pia, and in the middle distance to the left, the campaniles of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, near the Villa d’Este, and the Cathedral (Duomo) of San Lorenzo. Related views can be seen on folios 70 verso, 71 verso, 73 (D15059, D15103, D15062; Turner Bequest CLXXIX 70a, 92, 72).

Nicola Moorby
February 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View of Tivoli from the South, with the Rocca Pia 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2010, 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-tivoli-from-the-south-with-the-rocca-pia-r1137698, accessed 26 April 2024.