J.M.W. Turner Masterpiece Returns to Rome Ahead of London Auction

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A celebrated Turner landscape of Rome returns to the Italian capital for the first time prior to a high-stakes London auction.

An early nineteenth-century painting by J.M.W. Turner titled Rome, from Mount Aventine is currently on public display in the Italian capital for the first time. The notable artwork has returned to the city where it was conceived ahead of a planned auction in London this coming December, where it could potentially set a new sales record.

The landscape artwork is valued at fifty million British pounds.
The upcoming London sale in December is expected to attract significant international collector interest.

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£50Mestimated painting value

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J.M.W. Turner remains one of Britain's most celebrated landscape painters, and works from his maturity routinely command exceptionally high prices on the international fine art market.

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Both sources report that Turner's Rome, from Mount Aventine is being exhibited in Rome for the first time ahead of an auction in London scheduled for December.

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