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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Genoa and Florence Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings, with Mountains 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings, with Mountains’ 1828
Folio 15 Recto:
The Riviera di Levante, Liguria 1828
D21440
Turner Bequest CCXXXIII 15
Pencil on white lined wove paper, 96 x 144 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘15’ (smudged), overwritten in pencil by C.F. Bell ‘15’, bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIII – 15’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two slight profiles of the Riviera di Levante, the stretch of Ligurian coastline connecting Genoa to La Spezia. A more precise location is difficult to identify, although the coastal village at the foot of the slopes is possibly Nervi, a small fishing village to the east of Genoa. Turner’s viewpoint appears to be from a boat out at sea, facing north or north-east.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘The Riviera di Levante, Liguria 1828’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-riviera-di-levante-liguria-r1209980, accessed 17 April 2025.