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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of a View of the Bay of Baiae with the Castle 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of a View of the Bay of Baiae with the Castle’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Part of a View of the Bay of Baiae with the Castle 1819
D15725
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 84
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘84’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 84’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch represents part of a view of the Bay of Baiae, an ancient Roman bathing resort situated on the coast approximately ten miles west of Naples. Turner’s viewpoint is on the shoreline near the so-called Temple of Venus, looking south-east across the semi-circular sweep of the bay. The composition continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 85 verso (D15724; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 83a), but this side depicts the Castello di Baia (Castle of Baiae), a former Aragonese fortress built to defend the Gulf of Pozzuoli. The castle was rebuilt during the sixteenth century after the eruption of nearby Monte Nuovo. Similar vistas can be found on folios 84 verso and 86 verso–89 verso; D15722, D15726–D15732; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 82a, 84a–87a).

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Part of a View of the Bay of Baiae with the Castle 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-part-of-a-view-of-the-bay-of-baiae-with-the-castle-r1138186, accessed 23 April 2024.