Watercolour, gouache and pen and watercolour on paper
Loose Studies of Northern France
Loose Studies of Northern France
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
France
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>
Château de Blois Loire Valley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
Blois, Château de Blois
buttress
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
figure
France
landscape
palace
people
places
residential
stonework
tower
wooded
<p>Turner was already familiar with the general view of Blois from the west, having made a copy of another artist's design while still an adolescent (no.2). The view he produced many years later for his set of Loire scenes repeats this prospect of the town, adding the atmospheric detail of the rising harvest moon over the Loire. His other views were more firmly rooted in his own experience of the town, particularly his powerful studies of the Renaissance facade of the chateau, which hangs over the gardens below looking like a heavy ornamented jewel box.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache pen
Château de Blois, Loire Valley
support: 138 × 191 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 was already familiar with the general view  of Blois from the west, having made a copy of  another artist's design while still an adolescent  (no.2). The view he produced many years later for  his set of Loire scenes repeats this prospect of  the town, adding the atmospheric detail of the  rising harvest moon over the Loire. His other  views were more firmly rooted in his own  experience of the town, particularly his powerful  studies of 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/r/renaissance" title="Glossary definition for 'Renaissance'"><span>Renaissance</span></a> facade of the chateau,  which hangs over the gardens below looking like a  heavy ornamented jewel box.</p>
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adults architecture Blois, Château de Blois buttress cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features figure France landscape palace people places residential stonework tower wooded
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