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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Nus in the Val d'Aosta 1836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nus in the Val d'Aosta’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Nus in the Val d’Aosta 1836
D34882
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 390
Pencil on paper, 260 x 282 mm
Inscribed in pencil ?by Turner ‘Neus’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 390’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘390’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study relates 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.
The Turner scholar David Hill noted that this view of Nus in the lower Aosta Valley, Italy, is taken from near the village’s western entrance.1 Turner also sketched the nearby Castle of Fenis (Tate D34894; Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 400).
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Hill 2000, p.288.
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Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Nus in the 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-nus-in-the-val-daosta-r1204606, accessed 22 November 2024.