Graphite on paper
Genoa and Florence Sketchbook
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Genoa and Florence Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Santa Maria della Spina on River Arno Pisa
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Gothic
Italy
medieval
natural features (non-UK)
periods and styles
Pisa, Santa Maria della Spina
places
religious
river
River Arno
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>On the way to Rome in 1828 Turner visited Pisa, sketching the duomo and its famous leaning campanile. He also executed this view of Santa Maria della Spina, the Gothic church on the banks of the Arno. This was a subject he would later return to in 1832 as an illustration for 'The Works of Lord Byron'. During the early 1820s Turner had made a group of seven vignettes which were used in the 1825 edition of 'Lord Byron's Works' published by John Murray, and he had also illustrated Byron's poetry with a view of the Acropolis for Walter Fawkes.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 1991</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Santa Maria della Spina on the River Arno, Pisa
support: 143 × 97 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>On the way to Rome in 1828 Turner visited Pisa, sketching the duomo and its famous leaning campanile. He also executed this view of Santa Maria della Spina, the Gothic church on the banks of the Arno. This was a subject he would later return to in 1832 as an illustration for 'The Works of Lord Byron'. During the early 1820s Turner had made a group of seven vignettes which were used in the 1825 edition of 'Lord Byron's Works' published by John Murray, and he had also illustrated Byron's poetry with a view of the Acropolis for Walter Fawkes.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Gothic Italy medieval natural features (non-UK) periods and styles Pisa, Santa Maria della Spina places religious river River Arno townscape townscapes / man-made features waterfront water: inland
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