Identifying the location of a sketch

Bishop discusses his study on the location of a sketch and an oil painting by J.M.W. Turner. For the first time, they have precisely identified a detailed pencil sketch that Turner made from near La Salle in the Aosta Valley in 1802 as being a view looking back towards the Mont Blanc Massif with the...

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Published inThe British art journal Vol. 23; no. 3; p. 26
Main Authors Prue, Bishop, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Art Journals Ltd 01.12.2022
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Oil painting
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Summary:Bishop discusses his study on the location of a sketch and an oil painting by J.M.W. Turner. For the first time, they have precisely identified a detailed pencil sketch that Turner made from near La Salle in the Aosta Valley in 1802 as being a view looking back towards the Mont Blanc Massif with the highest peaks hidden by cloud. They have also assigned to it Turner's own most likely title. Concerning the Turner oil painting N00465, they could find no reliable references or evidence to support the present official title attaching the words 'probably Martigny'. They have provided strong evidence that the subject and setting of the entire upper part of the oil painting N00465 relates to Turner's 1802 sketch LXXIV 69 in his Grenoble Sketchbook Tate Ref D04562 and that the painting should be re-titled: The Chateau de Chatelard in the Aosta Valley in its Alpine setting.
ISSN:1467-2006