By Kind Permission of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
By Kind Permission of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Turner 's Florence, from San Miniato, watercolour, c.1827, Private Collection ( Wilton 726); engraved by E. Goodall for The Keepsake, 1828 ( Rawlinson 319). If Ruskin had seen the watercolour, as his text perhaps implies, it may have been one of three variants of this composition - possibly the one which passed through the hands of the dealer Thomas Griffith (Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, Wilton 727).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Florence from San Miniato c.1827
Watercolour, 32.1x48.3cm
Exhibitions: ?Birmingham Society of Artists 1830 (300)
Engraving:
Engraved by E. Goodall, 1828
Steel engraving, 8.7x13cm
Engraved for the Keepsake for 1828
Provenance: J.C. Grundy, sale Christie 4/11/1867 (112), bt E. White; Miss Crofton; Sir Donald Currie; by descent to present owner
Further Comments: Turner made several drawings of 'Florence from San Miniato' in the 'Rome and Florence' sketchbook. Another work of the same title is in the British Museum, London
Collection: Private Collection