''Rome, From Mount Aventine'' is an 1835 painting by

J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulen ...

, based on drawings made by him in the city in 1828. It shows a view of the city of Rome from the

Aventine Hill The Aventine Hill (; la, Collis Aventinus; it, Aventino ) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth ''rione'', or ward, of Rome. Location and boundaries The Aventine Hill is the sou ...

. It was exhibited at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

in 1836, where it was described by the '' Morning Post'' as "one of those amazing pictures by which Mr Turner dazzles the imagination and confounds all criticism: it is beyond praise". It had been commissioned from Turner by

Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (13 February 1797 – 22 November 1864) was a British art collector. Life H.A.J. Munro of Novar was born in London, the nephew of Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, and the son of Sir Alexander Munro (d. 1810). On hi ...

and remained in his family collection until it was bought by the 5th Earl of Roseberry in 1878. It then remained in the Roseberry collection until 2014. It was sold at

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on 3 December 2014 to a telephone bidder for £30.3m including buyer's premium, having had an estimate of £15–20m.

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