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 > Rome and Florence Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View from Fiesole 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View from Fiesole’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 79 Recto:
View from Fiesole 1819
D16618
Turner Bequest CXCI 79
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘[...] | hangs over this wall’ centre right-hand edge and ‘Fiesoli’ bottom centre
Stamped in black ‘CXCI 79’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription at the bottom centre of this page identifies the location for this landscape sketch as Fiesole, a hill town to the north-west of Florence, overlooking the valley of the Arno. His viewpoint appears to be on the lower slopes to the west of the town looking south towards the distant city, identifiable from the large dome of the Duomo. A small part of the composition spills over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 78 verso (D16617). Further sketches from Fiesole can be found on folios 30 verso, 31, 74–78, 79 verso, 84 (D16542, D16543, D16608–D16616, D16619, D16627).

Nicola Moorby
February 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View from Fiesole 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-view-from-fiesole-r1138511, accessed 23 April 2024.