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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A ?Sienese Park or Garden, with a Balustrade and Statues 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A ?Sienese Park or Garden, with a Balustrade and Statues’ 1828
Folio 13 Verso:
A ?Sienese Park or Garden, with a Balustrade and Statues 1828
D21613
Turner Bequest CCXXXIV 13a
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 study of an unidentified park or garden, presumably in or near Siena. Harder pencil strokes in the foreground delineate the five trees and stone balustrading. Walls and arches are outlined to the right, and a distant town amid rolling hills is visible in the distance. In the bottom-right corner is a group of statues, presumably from the same park or garden.
For further commentary on Turner’s first visit to Siena in 1828, together with a list of relevant works in the sketchbook, see under folio 10 verso (D21607).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘A ?Sienese Park or Garden, with a Balustrade and Statues 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/a-sienese-park-or-garden-with-a-balustrade-and-statues-r1210154, accessed 15 April 2025.