Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Italy

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1832
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions142.2 cm × 248.3 cm (56.0 in × 97.8 in)
LocationTate Britain, London
AccessionN00516
Websitetate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-childe-harolds-pilgrimage-italy-n00516

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy is an 1832 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. It depicts a scene from the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron. Turner possibly drew some inspiration from his friend Charles Lock Eastlake's 1827 painting Lord Byron's Dream.[1] It also reflects the influence of the seventeenth century artist Claude Lorrain.[2]

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1832 at Somerset House. It was extremely popular with visitors, but critics were unflattering about its use of colour.[3] Is now part of the collection of Tate Britain, having been part of the Turner Bequest in 1856.

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References

  1. ^ Heffernan p.344
  2. ^ Pfister p.60
  3. ^ "Italy', Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1832". Tate. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

Bibliography

  • Finley, Gerald (10 March 1999). Angel in the Sun. Montreal: MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-1747-9.
  • Heffernan, James A. W. (2006). Cultivating Picturacy. Waco, Tex: Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1-932792-41-6.
  • Hamilton, James (1 January 1998). Turner - A Life. Sceptre. ISBN 978-0-340-62811-9.
  • Pfister, Manfred (1996). The Fatal Gift of Beauty. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-5183-943-2.
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