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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Florence to Orvieto Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hilltop Buildings in a ?Tuscan Landscape 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hilltop Buildings in a ?Tuscan Landscape’ 1828
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Hilltop Buildings in a ?Tuscan Landscape 1828
D21593
Turner Bequest CCXXXIV 3a
Pencil on paper, 104 x 148 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner executed this cursory study of a hilly landscape, presumably located in Tuscany between Florence and Siena. Buildings are perched on slopes to the right, a road curves into the foreground, and trees are loosely outlined to the left.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Hilltop Buildings in a ?Tuscan Landscape 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/hilltop-buildings-in-a-tuscan-landscape-r1210134, accessed 15 April 2025.