J M W
TURNER
Great Britain
1775
–
1851
91.4 (h) x 121.9 (w) cm Tate Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 Photo: © Tate 2013
Spoleto is a picturesque town in Umbria, famous for its Ponte delle Torri [Bridge of Towers], a feat of medieval engineering which spans the deep gorge to the east. Turner passed through on his way to Rome in 1819. As in so many of his Italian-inspired oils, he has enhanced real topography with an evocative but imagined sense of atmosphere. The composition is reworked from the earlier , published in 1812 as an engraving in .
Spoleto is a picturesque town in Umbria, famous for its Ponte delle Torri [Bridge of Towers], a feat of medieval engineering which spans the deep gorge to the east. Turner passed through on his way to Rome in 1819. As in so many of his Italian-inspired oils, he has enhanced real topography with an evocative but imagined sense of atmosphere. The composition is reworked from the earlier , published in 1812 as an engraving in .
Spoleto is a picturesque town in Umbria, famous for its Ponte delle Torri [Bridge of Towers], a feat of medieval engineering which spans the deep gorge to the east. Turner passed through on his way to Rome in 1819. As in so many of his Italian-inspired oils, he has enhanced real topography with an evocative but imagined sense of atmosphere. The composition is reworked from the earlier , published in 1812 as an engraving in .
