Ruins of a Temple near Baia
Primary
Joseph Mallord William Turner
(London, England, 1775–Chelsea, England, 1851)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Datecirca 1819
MediumWatercolor
DimensionsSheet: 11 5/16 × 14 7/8 in. (28.7 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1987.43
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1987.43
On View
Not on viewClassical ruins reclaimed by nature was a common romantic subject during the decades surrounding 1800. In 1819, after completing the Liber Studiorum (see case), Turner visited Italy for the first time and returned every few years after that. Baia is a site on the Bay of Naples made popular by the many tourist guides to Italy published at this time.
Exhibitions
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Jan van de Velde II
1616
Jean-François Janinet
1770s