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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Village among the Apennine Mountains 1829

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Village among the Apennine Mountains’ 1829
Folio 13 Verso:
Village among the Apennine Mountains 1829
D14856
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 13a
Pencil on white laid paper, 97 x 132 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Bell | Fiore]’ towards centre left, and ‘[?Pale]’ towards top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Loosely rendered, this rough sketch depicts a village nestled at the foot of the Apennine Mountains. Turner’s location was possibly north of Foligno in Umbria; his inscriptions may read ‘Bell | Fiore’ and ‘Pale’, referring to the two villages of Belfiore and Pale along the Chienti Valley. This is possibly a variant study of the mountain view on the recto (D14855).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Village among the Apennine Mountains 1829’, 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/village-among-the-apennine-mountains-r1210229, accessed 15 April 2025.