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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Florence and the Valley of the Arno, from Fiesole 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Florence and the Valley of the Arno, from Fiesole’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Florence and the Valley of the Arno, from Fiesole 1819
D16543
Turner Bequest CXCI 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘B Sky’ and ‘Blue distance | with Yell’ and ‘Florence f F’ within upper sketch
Stamped in black ‘CXCI 31’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Turner’s written inscription indicates, the small landscape sketch at the top of this page represents a distant view of ‘Florence f[rom] F[iesole]’. The vista looks south-west from the wooded slopes of the town and follows the winding course of the River Mugnone towards the city itself, dominated by the dome of the Duomo (Cathedral). The artist has also noted the colours of the mountains along the far horizon. The second study depicts an alternate prospect looking south-east towards the valley of the Arno. For a fuller description and further studies from Fiesole see folio 30 verso (D16542).
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Nicola Moorby
November 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Florence and the Valley of the Arno, from Fiesole 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 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-florence-and-the-valley-of-the-arno-from-fiesole-r1138436, accessed 21 September 2024.