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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Piazza San Carlo, Turin 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of Piazza San Carlo, Turin’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
View of Piazza San Carlo, Turin 1819
D14213
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 34 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 186 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘2’ within left-hand side of sketch, and ‘Piazza St Carlo’ top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains a small sketch on the left-hand side of the sheet, parallel with the edge of the page. As Turner’s inscription indicates the subject of the drawing is a rough, schematic view of the Piazza San Carlo in Turin. The piazza is seen from the north with the ‘twin’ Churches of Santa Cristina and San Carlo at the southern end. For a more detailed study see folio 32 (D14206; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 31).
For a list of further sketches of Turin see folio 12 (D14166; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 11).

Nicola Moorby
December 2012

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View of Piazza San Carlo, Turin 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-view-of-piazza-san-carlo-turin-r1142734, accessed 27 April 2024.