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JMW Turner’s ‘great love letter’ to Rome makes brief return to city before UK auction

Global Published 29 September 2026, 18:49 · archived 29 Sep 2026

Rome, From Mount Aventine will also visit Hong Kong and New York before it is expected to sell for record priceA JMW Turner painting of Rome that has been described as his “great love letter” to the city and has fleetingly returned there after almost 200 years is expected to set a new record when it goes up for sale in December.One of the few works by Turner that remains in private ownership, Rome, From Mount Aventine will be on display at Palazzo Rondinini in central Rome from Tuesday to Thursday. Continue reading...

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