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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Distant Views of Moncalieri, from the East 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Distant Views of Moncalieri, from the East’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Two Distant Views of Moncalieri, from the East 1819
D14174
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘284’ top right and ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIV 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two separate but related sketches. The larger drawing represents part of a wider landscape composition continued on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 15 verso (D14173; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 14a). The view depicted is that of the town of Moncalieri from the east, and visible on this sheet is the distinctive silhouette of the Castello Reale, a residence of the ruling house of Savoy. Dominating the background are the massive peaks of the French Alps. Also on the page, in the bottom right-hand corner, is a separate, smaller study, also depicting a general view of Moncalieri from the east, with the Po river winding its way to the south.
For a more detailed study of the Castello Reale and a list of further views of Moncalieri see folio 17 (D14176; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 16).

Nicola Moorby
December 2012

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Distant Views of Moncalieri, from the East 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2012, 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-two-distant-views-of-moncalieri-from-the-east-r1142697, accessed 20 September 2024.