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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats Moored in the Bacino, Venice, with San Giorgio Maggiore Beyond 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats Moored in the Bacino, Venice, with San Giorgio Maggiore Beyond’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 79 Recto:
Sailing Boats Moored in the Bacino, Venice, with San Giorgio Maggiore Beyond 1840
D32417
Turner Bequest CCCXX 79
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 149 mm
Partial watermark ‘J H’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘4 -’ top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘79’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXX – 79’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although no foreground is indicated, these rapidly rendered vessels were probably observed of the Molo or the Riva degli Schiavoni, with the familiar outlines of the campanile and dome of San Giorgio Maggiore beyond on the right, to the south-east across the Bacino. The church is seen at similar angles from the Piazzetta on the verso and folio 80 recto (D32418–D32419).

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Sailing Boats Moored in the Bacino, Venice, with San Giorgio Maggiore Beyond 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailing-boats-moored-in-the-bacino-venice-with-san-giorgio-r1196651, accessed 19 September 2024.