Watercolour on paper
Naples: Rome. C. Studies Sketchbook
Naples: Rome. C. Studies Sketchbook
First Italian Tour 1819-20
First Italian Tour 1819-20
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Naples: Rome. C. 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>
Roman Campagna with Monte Gennaro in Distance
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
countries and continents
features
heathland
Italy, Campagna di Roma
landscape
Monte Gennaro
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
tower
<p>Although Turner had produced paintings of Italian subjects earlier in his career, it wasn't until 1819, when he was forty-four, that he finally toured the country himself. Having prepared thoroughly for this important journey beforehand, he spent  a rigorous few months sketching and painting in Turin, Milan, Venice and Ancona, before arriving in Rome.</p><p>Here, Turner has used a very free,  wet-on-wet watercolour technique  in broad bands of pure colour. The foreground effect may have been achieved with the addition of gum arabic, to slow down the drying of the paint and allow him to drive it around on the paper.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
12 January 2004 – 17 May 2004
2004-05-17
12 January 2004
2004-01-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-01-12
Turner and Williamson
Collection based display
20 March 2009 – 10 August 2009
2009-08-10
20 March 2009 – 10 August 2009
2009-08-10
2009-03-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-03-20
The Theatre of Colour: Turner Watercolours at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1966
Collection based display
The Roman Campagna with Monte Gennaro in the Distance
support: 259 × 406 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>
Although Turner had produced <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of Italian subjects earlier in his career, it wasn't until 1819, when he was forty-four, that he finally toured the country himself. Having prepared thoroughly for this important journey beforehand, he spent <br/>
a rigorous few months sketching and painting in Turin, Milan, Venice and Ancona, before arriving in Rome.</p>
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<p>
Here, Turner has used a very free, <br/>
wet-on-wet <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> technique <br/>
in broad bands of pure colour. The foreground effect may have been achieved with the addition of gum arabic, to slow down the drying of the paint and allow him to drive it around on the <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>. </p>
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architecture countries and continents features heathland Italy, Campagna di Roma landscape Monte Gennaro mountain natural features (non-UK) places tower
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