Gouache 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
Germany
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>
Ehrenbreitstein Coblenz
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Coblenz, Ehrenbreitstein
countries and continents
fortification
Germany
hill
landscape
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
water: inland
<p>None of these three studies has previously been recognised for what it really is, but there can be no mistaking the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, the large domed church of the Holy Cross and the bridge of boats (compare nos.127-131). Taken together, the three show a wide-angled view in the extended horizontal format often found in much earlier topographical views of rivers. Thus, despite their free handling and their expressive, forward-looking colours, the views are in fact deeply rooted in the topographical traditions of the past, as was the case with much of Turner's most avant-garde work in the late 1830s.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Ehrenbreitstein from Coblenz
support: 141 × 192 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>None of these three studies has previously been recognised for what it really is, but there can be no mistaking the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, the large domed church of the Holy Cross and the bridge of boats (compare nos.127-131). Taken together, the three show a wide-angled view in the extended horizontal format often found in much earlier topographical views of rivers. Thus, despite their free handling and their expressive, forward-looking colours, the views are in fact deeply rooted in the topographical traditions of the past, as was the case with much of Turner's most <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/avant-garde" title="Glossary definition for 'Avant-garde'"><span>avant-garde</span></a> work in the late 1830s.</p>
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Catalogue entry
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Coblenz, Ehrenbreitstein countries and continents fortification Germany hill landscape military natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine water: inland
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