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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Castle at Castellamare di Stabia 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Castle at Castellamare di Stabia’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Verso:
The Castle at Castellamare di Stabia 1819
D15848
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 59 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The city of Castellammare di Stabia (previously known as Castellamare or Castel a Mare) on the Sorrentine peninsula, derives its name from the ninth-century castle which stands on the slopes of Monte Faito, overlooking the Gulf of Naples. This sketch depicts the view looking east along the coast with the castle on the right. For further sketches see folio 40 (D15813).

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘The Castle at Castellamare di Stabia 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-castle-at-castellamare-di-stabia-r1138317, accessed 06 February 2025.