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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant view of the Apennines from ?Loreto 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant view of the Apennines from ?Loreto’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Distant view of the Apennines from ?Loreto 1819
D14681
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVII 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
After visiting the city of Loreto, Turner’s route took him south-west towards the Apennine Mountains. This view, probably drawn from the road leaving Loreto depicts a valley with the River Musone winding towards the mountains in the distance.

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant view of the Apennines from ?Loreto 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2008, 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-distant-view-of-the-apennines-from-loreto-r1138843, accessed 24 April 2024.