Chalk and gouache on paper
Studies from the Antique and Other Sculpture
Royal Academy  c.1789-99
Studies from the Antique and Other Sculpture
Royal Academy  c.1789-99
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>
Vatican Meleager
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
‘Vatican Meleager’, sculpture
actions: postures and motions
adults
classical myths: gods and heroes
fine art and design, named works
male
man
Meleager
nudes
objects
people
religion and belief
standing
<p>Turner began his formal artistic education in 1789 when, at the age of fourteen, he became a student at the Royal Academy schools. All students were required to spend at least the first three years drawing from plaster casts of famous classical statues. They were then  allowed to graduate to the Life Class.</p><p>This is one of the studies Turner made during his time at the Plaster Academy. It was drawn from a cast of a marble statue in the Vatican. Meleager was a Greek hero and a member of the crew of  Jason's famous ship, the Argo.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk gouache
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
Study of the Vatican Meleager
support: 416 × 256 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
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Turner began his formal artistic education in 1789 when, at the age of fourteen, he became a student at the Royal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/academy" title="Glossary definition for 'Academy'"><span>Academy</span></a> schools. All students were required to spend at least the first three years <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>drawing</span></a> from <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/plaster-of-paris" title="Glossary definition for 'Plaster of Paris'"><span>plaster</span></a> casts of famous <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> statues. They were then <br/>
allowed to graduate to the Life Class. </p>
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<p>
This is one of the studies Turner made during his time at the Plaster Academy. It was drawn from a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>cast</span></a> of a marble statue in the Vatican. Meleager was a Greek hero and a member of the crew of <br/>
Jason's famous ship, the Argo.</p>
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