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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Views in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy; Including Two of St-Jean-de-Maurienne 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Views in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy; Including Two of St-Jean-de-Maurienne’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
Three Views in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy; Including Two of St-Jean-de-Maurienne 1819
D14130
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 83
Pencil on white wove paper, 185 x 114 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 83’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains three sketches relating to Turner’s journey through the Maurienne valley in Savoy, en route to the Mont Cenis pass. The two uppermost studies depict views of St-Jean-de-Maurienne, the capital city of the valley. The top scene is very rough but appears to represent a general topographical from a distance, whilst the middle composition includes a vista from within the city centre including the Romanesque belltower of the cathedral of St John the Baptist.

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Three Views in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy; Including Two of St-Jean-de-Maurienne 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-three-views-in-the-maurienne-valley-savoy-including-two-of-r1142989, accessed 19 April 2024.