St. Peter's Rome

Attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775 - 1851)

Datelate 18th-early 19th century

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsOverall: 6 × 8 15/16 inches (15.24 × 22.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Westport Fund

Object numberF69-8/2

SignedNone

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

DescriptionA rampart is depicted in the foreground with two figures at lower left and building at left edge. Tiber River and trees beyond, in front of castellated walls beyond which appear the tops of other buildings and the dome of St. Peter's.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Joseph Mallord William Turner: A Select Group of Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, March 4–April 8, 1979, no. 11.

Old Master Drawings: Selected from the Collection of Milton McGreevy, Gifts and Bequest to Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Art, Kansas City, MO, 1982.

Old Master Drawings Selected from Milton McGreevy Gifts and Bequests , Mid-America Arts Alliance: Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS; Westark Community College, Ft. Smith, AR; Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, KS; Manhattan Arts Council, Manhattan, KS; Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK; and South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AR, 1984–1987.

Provenance

With Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, by 1969;

Purchased from Agnew by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1969.

Published References

Joseph Mallord William Turner: A Select Group of Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, exh. cat. (Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 1979).

Old Master Drawings: Selected from the Collection of Milton McGreevy, Gifts and Bequest to Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1982), unpaginated, as St. Peter’s, Rome.

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