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 Verso:
Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae, Seen from Monte Nuovo 1819
D15732
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 87 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The three 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, whilst the middle study is 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) and the island of Capri to the left. The lower drawing meanwhile also depicts the Bay of Baiae with the rocky promontory known as the Punta dell’Epitaffio. Similar views can be seen on folio 89 (D15731; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 87).

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-r1138193, accessed 18 April 2024.