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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Crossing of the Duomo, Parma, from the Aisle 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Crossing of the Duomo, Parma, from the Aisle’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
The Crossing of the Duomo, Parma, from the Aisle 1820
D16660
Turner Bequest CXCII 10 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is one of a series of interior views of the Duomo (cathedral) of Parma, see folios 9 verso–10 verso (D16658–D16660). Turner’s study is very rough and schematic but the view appears to look from one of the side aisles of the nave, up the steps of the altar towards the crossing of the Duomo. The latter is identifiable from the circular windows which encircle the drum of the dome.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘The Crossing of the Duomo, Parma, from the Aisle 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-crossing-of-the-duomo-parma-from-the-aisle-r1142559, accessed 26 April 2024.