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

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Tivoli from Monte Catillo, with the Rocca Pia’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Verso:
View of Tivoli from Monte Catillo, with the Rocca Pia 1819
D15084
Turner Bequest CLXXIX 82 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘[?Lo San Naturo]’ and ‘[?Natro]’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch depicts a view of Tivoli from Monte Catillo to the east, looking towards the Rocca Pia, a massive fortress with four crenallated towers, built by Pope Pius II in 1461. Visible along the horizon to the right is the campanile of the Cathedral (Duomo) of San Lorenzo. A related prospect can be seen on folio 82 verso (D15082) and in the Naples: Rome C. Studies sketchbook (Tate D16119; Turner Bequest CLXXXVII 31).

Nicola Moorby
February 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View of Tivoli from Monte Catillo, 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-monte-catillo-with-the-rocca-pia-r1137719, accessed 23 April 2024.