Watercolour on paper
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Cologne Colour
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Cologne - non-specific
countries and continents
Germany
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>At first sight these two drawings appear simply to be coloured studies of familiar views on the Rhine, executed on sheets of paper of nearly identical size and in a limited colour range reminiscent of that used in nos.4-11. They are, however, imaginative works rather than strictly topographical ones. No.23 is similar to the historical scene shown in no.24, while no.22 depicts, with a large degree of artistic licence, the bridge of boats at Cologne which Turner did not see until 1824. The drawings may perhaps relate to an unfulfilled commission of which nothing is yet known.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
29 March 2013 – 28 July 2013
2013-07-28
29 March 2013 – 28 July 2013
2013-07-28
2013-03-29
Museum Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden, Germany)
2013-03-29
Rhine Romanticism - Art and Nature
Loan-out
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
2017-02-22
Frick Collection (New York, USA)
http://www.frick.org
2017-02-22
Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time
Loan-out
Cologne: Colour Study
support: 268 × 408 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>At first sight these two <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> appear simply to be coloured studies of familiar views on the Rhine, executed on sheets of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> of nearly identical size and in a limited colour range reminiscent of that used in nos.4-11. They are, however, imaginative works rather than strictly topographical ones. No.23 is similar to the historical scene shown in no.24, while no.22 depicts, with a large degree of artistic licence, the bridge of boats at Cologne which Turner did not see until 1824. The drawings may perhaps relate to an unfulfilled commission of which nothing is yet known.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Cologne - non-specific countries and continents Germany natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
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