Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Rome: Colour Studies Sketchbook
Rome: Colour Studies Sketchbook
First Italian Tour 1819-20
First Italian Tour 1819-20
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Rome: Colour Studies Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Part Façade St Peters Rome with Arco delle Campane
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
arch
architecture
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
Italy
places
portico
religious
Rome, St Peter’s Basilica
stair / step
<p>The soaring vertical thrust of Michelangelo's portico is emphasised in scale and grandeur by the tiny figures in the foreground. Turner's study is both detailed and dramatic. He has combined careful scrutiny of the work of a master architect with an inspired fantasy reminiscent of Piranesi's celebrated prints of Rome.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
Part of the Façade of St Peter’s, Rome, with the Arco delle Campane
support: 368 × 231 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>The soaring vertical thrust of Michelangelo's portico is emphasised in scale and grandeur by the tiny figures in the foreground. Turner's study is both detailed and dramatic. He has combined careful scrutiny of the work of a master architect with an inspired fantasy reminiscent of Piranesi's celebrated <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> of Rome.</p>
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