Graphite 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>
St Peters and Vatican Gardens Villa Barberini Rome
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
colonnade
countries and continents
dome
features
Italy
places
religious
Rome, St Peter’s Basilica
Rome, St Peter’s Square
Rome, Vatican
urn
<p>During his tour of Italy in 1819 Turner made around two thousand sketches of varying size and media and nature, in twenty-three sketchbooks. During his two-to three-month stay in Rome, he produced a series of very detailed pencil drawings on paper prepared  with a grey wash.</p><p>The precision and accuracy with which  he has recorded this sweeping view from the hills above St Peter's recalls his early training as an architectural draughtsman. These studies of the topography of the  city and geography of the surrounding  area would have proved invaluable reference material for works undertaken  on his return to England.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
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
St Peter’s and the Vatican from the Gardens of the Villa Barberini, Rome
support: 231 × 369 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
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During his tour of Italy in 1819 Turner made around two thousand sketches of varying size and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>media</span></a> and nature, in twenty-three sketchbooks. During his two-to three-month stay in Rome, he produced a series of very detailed <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> on <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> prepared <br/>
with a grey wash.</p>
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The precision and accuracy with which <br/>
he has recorded this sweeping view from the hills above St Peter's recalls his early training as an architectural draughtsman. These studies of the topography of the <br/>
city and geography of the surrounding <br/>
area would have proved invaluable reference material for works undertaken <br/>
on his return to England.</p>
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architecture church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) colonnade countries and continents dome features Italy places religious Rome, St Peter’s Basilica Rome, St Peter’s Square Rome, Vatican urn
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