- Description
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- Creator(s)
- (?) Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) after John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
- Title
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- Posillipo: The Palazzo di Roccella on the Shore
- Date
- 1794 - 1797
- Medium and Support
- Graphite and watercolour on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 18.2 × 23.5 cm, 7 ⅛ × 9 ¼ in
- Object Type
- Collaborations; Monro School Copy
- Subject Terms
- Coasts and Shipping; Italian View: Naples and Environs
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- TG0732a
- Description Source(s)
- Viewed in 2018
Provenance
Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833); his posthumous sale, possibly Christie's, 2 July 1833, lot 133 as 'The minister's villa at Portici, Cardinal Spinelli's palace, &c.' by 'Turner'; bought by 'Hixon', £4 8s; ... George T. Veitch; his sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1927, lot 117 as 'Landscape with the casino built by Cardinal Spinelli at Posilipo' by Joseph Mallord William Turner; ... Woolley and Wallis, 16 March 2016, lot 85, £2,700 as 'Casino built by Cardinal Spinelle-Pauslippe'; Sotheby's, 4 July 2018, lot 182 as 'A Casino at Posillipo, Italy' by Joseph Mallord William Turner, £20,000
Place depicted
Other entries in Monro School Copies:
Italian Views after Drawings by John Robert Cozens Made on the Second Italian Trip, 1782–83
The Temple of Venus at Baia
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Entering the Tyrol: Unidentified Buildings amongst Wooded Hills
Tate, London
An Unidentified Fortress: Entering the Tyrol Region
Private Collection
A View on the River Inn, in the Tyrol
Tate, London
Innsbruck: St Anna's Column on Maria-Theresien Street
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A Tree-Lined Valley, near Innsbruck
Private Collection
A Church Tower in the Valley of the Isarco, near Sterzing, in the Tyrol
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
The Euganean Hills, Seen from the Walls of Padua
Tate, London
Part of Padua, Seen from the Walls
Private Collection
The Abbey of Santa Giustina at Padua
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
The View from Mirabello, the Villa of Count Algarotti in the Euganean Hills
Private Collection
A Convent on Monte della Madonna in the Euganean Hills
Tate, London
Fano, on the Adriatic Coast
Private Collection
Terracina: The View from the Inn, with the Temple of Jupiter Anxur
Tate, London
Naples: The Villa Belvedere, Seen from Sir William Hamilton's Villa at Posillipo
Private Collection
Naples: The View from Sir William Hamilton's Villa at Portici
Private Collection
Portici: Mounts Somma and Vesuvius, from the Myrtle Plantation at Sir William Hamilton’s Villa
Tate, London
Naples: Solimena’s Villa and Pine Trees
Private Collection
Portici: The Fortress in the Royal Park, Looking towards Mounts Somma and Vesuvius
Tate, London
Portici: The Imperial Minister's Villa, near the Harbour of Granatello
Private Collection
Portici: The View from Sir William Hamilton's Villa, with Vesuvius in the Distance
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Portici: The Royal Palace, from the Park
Tate, London
The Coast at Portici, with the Villa d'Elboeuf in the Foreground and the Harbour of Granatello Beyond
Private Collection
The Coast at Salerno, with Arechi Castle Overlooking the Town
Private Collection
The View from Salerno, Looking towards Vietri sul Mare
Tate, London
An Unidentified Villa in a Valley near Vietri sul Mare
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Salerno: An Ancient Cypress in the Garden of the Franciscan Convent
Tate, London
The Coast at Vietri sul Mare, from near Salerno
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Torre Crestarella at Vietri sul Mare, with Salerno in the Distance
Private Collection
The Cantilena Convent, near Vietri sul Mare
Tate, London
The Cantilena Convent, near Vietri sul Mare
Private Collection
The Convent of San Francesco at Cava de' Tirreni
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
Naples: The Fifteenth-Century City Walls, with the Dome of Santa Caterina a Formiello
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
View from the Road Leading to the Scuola di Virgilio, Showing Nisida, the Islands of Ischia and Procida, and the Promontory of Miseno
Private Collection, Norfolk
The Bay of Porto Paone, a Flooded Crater in the Islet of Nisida
Private Collection
Ancient Ruins on the Coast near the Point of Posillipo
Tate, London
Naples: The View from an Enclosed Road at Posillipo
Tate, London
Posillipo: The Palazzo di Roccella on the Shore
Private Collection
The Amphitheatre at Capua
Tate, London
A Ferry Crossing a River, on the Road between Eboli and Paestum
Tate, London
The View towards Salerno from the Road to Eboli
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Naples: Castel Sant'Elmo
Tate, London
The Royal Park at Astroni
Private Collection
Lake Agnano, Seen from Astroni
Private Collection
Naples: An Unidentified Convent, with Vesuvius in the Distance
Tate, London
Naples: A Range of Convents near Capodimonte, Including the Chinese College
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
The Vanvitelli Aqueduct, near Caserta
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
The Royal Palace at Caserta, Seen from the Road to the Vanvitelli Aqueduct
Private Collection
The Convent of Santa Lucia, near Caserta
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
The Convent of Santa Lucia, near Caserta
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Ancient Ruins near the River Garigliano, Gaeta in the Distance
Private Collection
Florence: The Palazzo Vecchio, Seen from the Cascine Park
Tate, London
Florence: The Convent of Monte Oliveto, from the Banks of the Arno
Horne Museum, Florence
Florence: The Convent of Monte Oliveto, from the Banks of the Arno
Private Collection
A Villa on the Banks of the River Arno, Known as the Villa Salviati
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
A Building amongst Trees, on the River Arno near Florence
Sphinx Fine Art, London
A View on the River Arno, with a Tower on a Hill
Tate, London
Florence: The Palazzo Vecchio from the Boboli Gardens, with Fiesole in the Distance
Harrow School, London
Florence: The View from the Boboli Gardens across the Valley of the Arno
Private Collection
An Unidentified Villa, between Florence and Bologna
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
A Wooded Shoreline on Lake Maggiore
Tate, London
Angera: The Borromeo Castle Overlooking Lake Maggiore
Tate, London
The Castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore
Private Collection
Lake Maggiore, from the Shore
Private Collection
Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore
Private Collection
Lake Maggiore, from Isola Bella
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
A Distant View of the Grande Chartreuse
Private Collection
Buildings on a Promontory on the Coast at Posillipo
Private Collection
The Marmore Falls, near Terni
Private Collection
A Narrow Gorge Leading to the Grande Chartreuse
Private Collection
Florence: The View from the Grand Duke's Garden
Private Collection
Footnotes
- 1 The full diary entry, giving crucial details of the artists’ work at Monro’s house, is transcribed in the Documents section of the Archive (1798 – Item 2).
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