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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of the Bay of Baiae, Monte Nuovo and Lake Lucrino 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of the Bay of Baiae, Monte Nuovo and Lake Lucrino’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Verso:
Sketches of the Bay of Baiae, Monte Nuovo and Lake Lucrino 1819
D15730
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 86 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains several sketches of the coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae. The studies in the top right-hand corner appear to represent part of the volcanic crater of Monte Nuovo. The two vistas at the bottom of the page meanwhile depict nearby Lago di Lucrino seen from the slopes of Monte Nuovo. The lake is separated from the sea by a narrow strip of coastline. The remaining composition in the top left-hand corner is part of a view of the Bay of Baiae which has spilled over from the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 89 (D15731; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 87).

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketches of the Bay of Baiae, Monte Nuovo and Lake Lucrino 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-sketches-of-the-bay-of-baiae-monte-nuovo-and-lake-lucrino-r1138191, accessed 26 April 2024.