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>
Porta Nigra Trier
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
arch
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
classical
countries and continents
crowd
features
figure
fortification
gate
Germany
groups
military
military
people
periods and styles
places
ruins
townscapes / man-made features
Trier, Porta Nigra
<p>The Porta Nigra, or ‘Black Gate’, is a Roman fortified gate in the German city of Trier. It gained its name from the blackening of its sandstone over time. Based on a pencil drawing Turner made on the spot, this work reimagines the ‘Black Gate’ in colour. Together with the effect of the blue paper, the angle and sharpness of the shadow on the building suggest a bright, sunny day.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
The Porta Nigra, Trier
support: 138 × 190 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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<p>The Porta Nigra, or ‘Black Gate’, is a Roman fortified gate in the German city of Trier. It gained its name from the blackening of its sandstone over time. Based on a pencil drawing Turner made on the spot, this work reimagines the ‘Black Gate’ in colour. Together with the effect of the blue paper, the angle and sharpness of the shadow on the building suggest a bright, sunny day.</p>
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