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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Alpine Scene: ?Val d'Aosta 1836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Alpine Scene: ?Val d'Aosta’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Alpine Scene: ?Val d’Aosta 1836
D34508
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 144v
Pencil on paper, 245 x 306 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made on the verso of Tate D34507 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 144), a study of the Castle of Sarre in Italy’s Val d’Aosta, the present pencil sketch was likely also made during Turner’s traverse of the valley.
Both studies relate to Turner’s 1836 tour of the Alps, which he made in the company of the wealthy Scottish landowner H.A.J. Munro of Novar; for more information, see the Introduction to this section.

Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Alpine Scene: ?Val d’Aosta 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-alpine-scene-val-daosta-r1204602, accessed 22 November 2024.