Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino

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Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino
Oil on canvas
Dimensions90.2 cm × 122 cm (35.5 in × 48 in)
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino is a

export bar
to allow a British gallery time to attempt to match the Getty's bid.

Background

Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino is a landscape vision of the unexcavated Roman Forum, still called the Campo Vaccino, the "Cow Pasture", shimmering in hazy light and is the last of Turner's twenty-year series of views of the city.[2] It was painted at the peak of Turner's career from studies and sketches made on two visits to the city.[3] It was completed in 1839.[4] Features of Classical, Renaissance and Baroque Rome occupy the canvas, but the foreground contains indicators of modern life, including goatherds.[3] One of Turner's main themes in the work was the rise and fall of civilizations.[5]

It was first purchased by

National Gallery of Scotland.[2]

2010 auction

In March 2010, it was announced that the painting would come to auction on 7 July 2010.

National Galleries of Scotland time to raise equivalent money to save the painting for a public collection, though this would not happen if it was sold to a private collector in the UK.[10]

On 7 July 2010, the painting was sold at auction for £29.7 million, which broke the artist's auction record.

export bar in place.[13] Culture minister Ed Vaizey accepted this recommendation and put the bar in place on 3 November 2010 to last until 2 February 2011, with a possible extension to 2 August 2011.[14] The bar initially saw little attention in the British press, though one writer for The Daily Telegraph opposed it.[8]

On 3 February 2011, the Getty Museum received the export licence to transfer the painting to Brentwood. The director of the museum hoped it would go on display by the end of the month in the 19th century British gallery.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Turner tipped to fetch up to £18m". BBC News. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Vogel, Carol (25 March 2010). "J. M. W. Turner's Last Rome Painting to Be Sold". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Hoyle, Ben (27 March 2010). "Turner's 'Modern Rome' could break record in supercharged art market". The Times. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. ISBN 9781854375698
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  5. ^ Warrell, Ian (2007). J.M.W. Turner. London: Tate Publishing.
  6. ^ a b Kennedy, Maev (26 March 2010). "Former PM's Turner masterpiece to be auctioned at Sotheby's". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  7. ^ Reyburn, Scott (26 March 2010). "Rothschild Bride's Turner Landscape May Sell for $26.7 Million". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  8. ^ a b Bayley, Stephen (5 November 2010). "Turner's Campo Vaccino: An export ban just sends art the wrong way". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  9. ^ Adams, Stephen (1 July 2020). "JM Turner set to fetch up to £18m goes on show". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  10. ^ Jury, Louise (26 March 2010). "Turner masterpiece will be lost to public after owner sells". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  11. ^ a b c Reyburn, Scott (7 July 2010). "Rothschild Bride's Turner Makes Record $45.1 Million". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Turner's Rome view painting sells for record £29.7m". BBC News. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  13. ^ Dex, Robert (3 November 2010). "Minister bans export of £30m Turner painting". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  14. ^ "Britain halts export of $48 million Turner painting". Reuters. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  15. The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved 24 October 2020.

External links

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