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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fiesole from the River Mugnone outside of Florence 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fiesole from the River Mugnone outside of Florence’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Recto:
Fiesole from the River Mugnone outside of Florence 1819
D16620
Turner Bequest CXCI 80
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXCI 80’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Cecilia Powell first correctly identified this sketch depicts a distant view of Fiesole seen from the northern outskirts of Florence.1 Turner’s viewpoint is the banks of the River Mugnone looking north east. Silhouetted against the horizon at the top of the steep hill in the centre is the convent of San Francesco, whilst the building on the lower slopes immediately beneath is the Villa Palmieri, see folio 78 (D16616). A similar view can be seen on folio 80 verso (D16621).

Nicola Moorby
February 2011

1
Powell 1984, p.431.

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Fiesole from the River Mugnone outside of Florence 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-fiesole-from-the-river-mugnone-outside-of-florence-r1138513, accessed 20 September 2024.