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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin Naples: The Convent of San Martino c.1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘Naples: The Convent of San Martino’ c.1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Naples: The Convent of San Martino c.1796–7
D36555
Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 34
Pencil and grey and grey-blue washes on white wove paper, 411 x 562 mm
Watermark ‘J WHATMAN’
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 34’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner
The pencil work is by Girtin. This was probably copied from a sketch or watercolour by John Robert Cozens. The identification of the subject is due to J.P. Heseltine.1 The unwashed foreground of this drawing is a particularly clear example of Girtin’s pencil work.
1
MS note, Tate catalogue files.
Verso:
Blank; not stamped.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Naples: The Convent of San Martino c.1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-thomas-girtin-naples-the-convent-of-san-martino-r1141284, accessed 25 April 2024.