Gouache, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Belgium
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<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>
Antwerp Cathedral Place Verte
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Antwerp, Antwerp Cathedral
Antwerp, Place Verte
architecture
Belgium
cathedral
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
Gothic
landscape
medieval
periods and styles
places
religious
spire
square
townscapes / man-made features
wooded
<p>Turner's gouache studies of Brussels, Louvain, Franchimont and Spa (nos.106-119) were all inspired by sights he had enjoyed early in his 1839 tour, before he reached the Meuse itself. He did not revisit Antwerp in 1839 but this work is similar to those showing Brussels and Louvain, indicating that the drawings were executed in Turner's studio, using both memories and sketches, rather than in the course of a tour. A striking feature of this scene is the bright green tree in the centre. It is very likely that this is a deliberate pun on the name of the square depicted - comparable to that on the 'Orange-Merchant' in no.13.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache pen ink watercolour
Antwerp Cathedral from the Place Verte
support: 139 × 189 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>Turner's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> studies of Brussels, Louvain, Franchimont and Spa (nos.106-119) were all inspired by sights he had enjoyed early in his 1839 tour, before he reached the Meuse itself. He did not revisit Antwerp in 1839 but this work is similar to those showing Brussels and Louvain, indicating that the <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> were executed in Turner's studio, using both memories and sketches, rather than in the course of a tour. A striking feature of this scene is the bright green tree in the centre. It is very likely that this is a deliberate pun on the name of the square depicted - comparable to that on the 'Orange-Merchant' in no.13.</p>
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Antwerp, Antwerp Cathedral Antwerp, Place Verte architecture Belgium cathedral cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features Gothic landscape medieval periods and styles places religious spire square townscapes / man-made features wooded
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