Oil paint on canvas
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on loan
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oil paintings
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Venice  Maria della Salute
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat - non-specific
canal
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
custom house
dome
features
industrial
Italy
places
public and municipal
religious
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice, Canal della Giudecca
Venice, Dogana
Venice, Giardino Reale
Venice, Santa Maria della Salute
Venice, Zecca
waterfront
<p>As the title of this painting suggests, Turner aimed to present a detailed and recognisable image of the city of Venice. The church of Santa Maria della Salute stands at centre, beyond the Dogana (the customs house), with the Giudecca canal on the left and the Zecca (the Mint) on the right. In spite of this, however, when the painting was exhibited one reviewer wrote that it was ‘too evanescent for any thing but a fairy city’</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
30 July 2001 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
30 July 2001 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
2001-07-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-07-30
Painting Venice
Collection based display
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
28 October 2006 – 25 March 2007
2007-03-25
28 October 2006 – 9 April 2007
2007-04-09
2006-10-28
Museo di Santa Giulia (Brescia, Italy)
2006-10-28
Turner de gli Impressionisti.  La grande storia del paesaggio moderno in Europa
Loan-out
20 March 2009 – 27 July 2009
2009-07-27
20 March 2009
2009-03-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-03-20
Turner's Later Oil Sketches and Unfinished Works
Collection based display
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
1 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
1 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
2016-10-01
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
2016-10-01
Venice. City of Artists
Loan-out
6 July 2019 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
8 November 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-11-08
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Westfälisches (Munster, Germany)
http://landesmuseum.lwl.org
20 February 2020 – 7 September 2020
2020-09-07
2020-02-20
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
15 October 2020 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
2020-10-15
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (Québec, Canada)
http://www.mnba.qc.ca
2019-07-06
The Sea and the Alps: Turner's Quest for the Sublime
Tate partnerships & programmes
6 April 2020 – 27 November 2022
2022-11-27
6 April 2020
2020-04-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-04-06
Clore 104
Collection based display
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
2023-10-28
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
2023-10-28
Turner at Lenbachhaus Munich
Loan-out
6 July 2024 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
6 July 2024 – 1 September 2024
2024-09-01
2024-07-06
Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
30 September 2024 – 7 May 2025
2025-05-07
2024-09-30
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
21 June 2025 – 5 October 2025
2025-10-05
2025-06-21
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
1 June 2026 – 1 October 2026
2026-10-01
2026-06-01
External
15 November 2026 – 15 March 2027
2027-03-15
2026-11-15
External
1 May 2027 – 1 September 2027
2027-09-01
2027-05-01
External
15 October 2027 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
2027-10-15
External
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
Venice - Maria della Salute
support: 613 × 921 mm
frame: 895 × 1212 × 148 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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<span class="text0">As the title of this <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> suggests, </span><span class="text17">Turner aimed to present a detailed  and recognisable image      of the city  of Venice. The church of Santa Maria  della Salute stands at      centre, beyond  the Dogana (the customs house), with  the Giudecca canal on      the left and the Zecca (the Mint) on the right. In spite  of this, however,      when the painting  was exhibited one reviewer wrote  that it was ‘too      evanescent for any  thing but a fairy city’ </span>
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<p><b>411. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-maria-della-salute-n00539" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00539</span></a>]<b> Venice—Maria della Salute</b> Exh. 1844</p>
<p>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (539)</p>
<p>Canvas, 24 1/8 × 36 1/4 (61·5 × 92)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (one of 18–21, 36–40; see No. 383); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1929.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> R.A. 1844 (345).</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Thornbury 1862, i, p. 348; 1877, pp. 466–7; Bell 1901, p. 150 no. 246; Armstrong 1902, p. 235; Finberg 1930, pp. 151, 157; Davies 1946, p. 186; Finberg 1961, pp. 400–01, 508 no. 560.</p>
<p>The view shows the Dogana with S. Maria della Salute behind it in the centre, the Canal della Giudecca on the left, and the Zecca and the Giardino Reale on the right; at one time the picture was known as ‘Venice, Giudecca’. For another, unfinished view of the Salute see No. 502 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-with-the-salute-n05487" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05487</span></a>]; <i>c.f.</i>
also No. 403.</p>
<p>The critics gave this picture qualified admiration. The <i>Morning Chronicle</i> for 8 May 1844 held that this and the ‘Van Tromp’ picture (No. 410) were ‘little inferior to it [<i>Rain, Steam, and Speed</i>, No. 409] either for their strangeness and extravagance, or for their extraordinary beauty and skill’. The <i>Spectator</i> for 11 May thought this and <i>Venice Quay, Ducal Palace</i> (No. 413 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-quay-ducal-palace-n00540" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00540</span></a>]) ‘too evanescent for any thing but a fairy city’.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-14T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
architecture boat - non-specific canal church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents custom house dome features industrial Italy places public and municipal religious society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice, Canal della Giudecca Venice, Dogana Venice, Giardino Reale Venice, Santa Maria della Salute Venice, Zecca waterfront