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 > Naples, Paestum and Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Near Santa Maria dei Monti, Naples 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Near Santa Maria dei Monti, Naples’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
?Near Santa Maria dei Monti, Naples 1819
D15962
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 26
Pencil on white wove paper, approximately 62 x 113 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ and ‘245’ bottom right, descending right-hand edge, and ‘245’ top left, descending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVI 26’ bottom left, descending left-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location of the rugged, hilly landscape in this sketch is unknown. However, it bears some resemblance to another study tentatively identified as the road near Santa Maria dei Monti in Naples, see folio 27 verso (D15961; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 25c).

Nicola Moorby
July 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Near Santa Maria dei Monti, Naples 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-near-santa-maria-dei-monti-naples-r1137886, accessed 25 April 2024.