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 > Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View from the Camaldoli Hill, Looking West Towards Gaeta 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View from the Camaldoli Hill, Looking West Towards Gaeta’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
View from the Camaldoli Hill, Looking West Towards Gaeta 1819
D15873
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Piano’ bottom centre of sketch
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ top left, inverted and ‘72’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 72’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is one of a series of panoramic views drawn from the hill of Camaldoli, the highest point in Naples and the surrounding area. The study depicts the vista looking west towards the Tyrrhenian coastline and the distant headland of Gaeta. Just visible along the horizon are the silhouettes of the Pontine archipelago and the island of Procida, whilst in the central middle distance is the town and plain of Pianura (labelled ‘Piano’ by the artist). Similar views can be seen on folios 72 and 73 verso (D15869 and D15872; Turner Bequest CLXXXV 70 and 71a).
For further views from Camaldoli see folio 73 (D15871; Turner Bequest CLXXXV 71).

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View from the Camaldoli Hill, Looking West Towards Gaeta 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-view-from-the-camaldoli-hill-looking-west-towards-gaeta-r1138344, accessed 21 September 2024.