Watercolour on paper
Como and Venice Sketchbook
Como and Venice Sketchbook
First Italian Tour 1819-20
First Italian Tour 1819-20
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Como and Venice Sketchbook
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>
Venice Looking East towards San Pietro di Castello  Early Morning
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
Italy
lagoon
morning
places
seascapes and coasts
silhouette
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
Venice - non-specific
<p>Although Byron was based in or near Venice when Turner first visited the city in 1819, there is no evidence that they met. Turner's watercolours nevertheless provide a splendid counterpoint to Byron's poetic impressions, observing the city from near and afar, by day and night, and in an infinite variety of moods. This sparkling view of Venice from the lagoon seems to echo Byron's own introduction to the city in the third canto of 'Childe Harold': 'She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from oceans,/ Rising with her tiara of proud towers'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
9 October 2003 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
9 October 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
2003-10-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2004 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
2004-02-15
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
2003-10-09
Turner and Venice
Exhibition
1 July 2023 – 31 October 2023
2023-10-31
1 July 2023 – 31 October 2023
2023-10-31
2023-07-01
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2023-07-01
'Land of all bliss': Turner's discovery of Italy in 1819
Loan-out
Venice: Looking East towards San Pietro di Castello - Early Morning
support: 223 × 287 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>Although Byron was based in or near Venice when Turner first visited the city in 1819, there is no evidence that they met. 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> nevertheless provide a splendid counterpoint to Byron's poetic impressions, observing the city from near and afar, by day and night, and in an infinite variety of moods. This sparkling view of Venice from the lagoon seems to echo Byron's own introduction to the city in the third canto of 'Childe Harold': 'She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from oceans,/ Rising with her tiara of proud towers'.</p>
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities Italy lagoon morning places seascapes and coasts silhouette times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features Venice - non-specific
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