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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Santo Spirito from the Boboli Gardens, Florence 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Santo Spirito from the Boboli Gardens, Florence’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Santo Spirito from the Boboli Gardens, Florence 1819
D16575
Turner Bequest CXCI 53
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘53’ top left, inverted [very faint]
Stamped in black ‘CXCI 53’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Cecilia Powell first identified the subject of this view is the Church of Santo Spirito in Florence, seen from the Boboli Gardens to the south-east.1 Turner’s vista looks in the direction of the River Arno with the tall pointed campanile and dome of Santo Spirito dominating the right-hand middle distance. Visible beyond is a second dome belonging to the Church of San Frediano in Cestello, whilst rising on the far left-hand side is the hill of Bellosguardo. Separate studies of an unknown building appear in the bottom left-hand corner. For further studies of the Boboli Gardens see folio 50 verso (D16570).
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Powell 1984, p.430.
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Nicola Moorby
January 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Santo Spirito from the Boboli Gardens, Florence 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2011, 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-santo-spirito-from-the-boboli-gardens-florence-r1138468, accessed 25 April 2024.