J M W TURNER | The Ponte delle Torri, Spoleto

J M W TURNER
Great Britain 1775 – 1851

The Ponte delle Torri, Spoleto c.1840–45 oil on canvas
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 .