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 > Florence to Orvieto Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View of ?Poggibonsi 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of ?Poggibonsi’ 1828
Folio 8 Recto:
View of ?Poggibonsi 1828
D21602
Turner Bequest CCXXXIV 8
Pencil on paper, 148 x 104 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘G[?T]’ towards bottom centre
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIV – 8’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s 1909 Inventory of the Bequest identifies this rough study of a town, executed with the sketchbook turned horizontally, as Poggibonsi.1 Turner encountered this Tuscan town as he journeyed south from Florence towards Siena; for variant views, see folios 6 verso, 7 recto and verso, 8 verso and 9 verso (D21599–D21601, D21603, D21605). In the foreground, areas of hatching indicate trees, woodland and the contours of the slopes. The town buildings are swiftly outlined, terminating to the right with a belltower that likely belongs to the Church of Santa Maria Assunta. Rolling hills are traced on the horizon and a distant hilltop town is visible to the left.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

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Finberg 1909, II, p.718.

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘View of ?Poggibonsi 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/view-of-poggibonsi-r1210143, accessed 15 April 2025.