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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae, Seen from Monte Nuovo 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae, Seen from Monte Nuovo’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Recto:
Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae, Seen from Monte Nuovo 1819
D15731
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 87
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘87’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 87’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The two sketches on this page represent views looking in different directions from the slopes of Monte Nuovo in the Campi Flegrei region to the west of Naples. The upper study depicts the eastern vista towards Pozzuoli and the island of Nisida, with the Sorrentine peninsula in the far distance beyond. The lower study, meanwhile depicts the prospect looking south across the Bay of Baiae, with the castle on the promontory in the centre and the Cape of Misenum (Capo Miseno) to the left. Part of the composition spills over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 88 verso (D15730; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 86a). Similar views can be seen on folio 89 verso (D15732; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 87a).

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae, Seen from Monte Nuovo 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-pozzuoli-and-the-bay-of-baiae-seen-from-monte-nuovo-r1138192, accessed 27 April 2024.