Watercolour on paper
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Mosel Bridge at Coblenz Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cliff
Coblenz - non-specific
countries and continents
features
figure
Germany
hill
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
places
reflection
river
River Mosel
society
tower
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
<p>This work is similar to some of  the preliminary studies that Turner prepared as the basis for more elaborate watercolours in the early 1840s. Two  of the finished Swiss watercolours he painted were views of Zurich. Both  show the city in festive mood, its  streets crowded with revellers.</p><p>The mood here is much more tranquil and nocturnal, focusing particularly on the huge luminous dial of St Peter's Church. By widening the true extent of the river, Turner makes the forms of the opposite bank appear to float in mid-air, much as he had done in his studies of Venice.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
5 April 2013 – 5 January 2015
2015-01-05
5 April 2013 – 5 January 2015
2015-01-05
2013-04-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-04-05
Turner: Works on Paper
Collection based display
The Mosel Bridge at Coblenz: Sample Study
support: 236 × 295 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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This work is similar to some of <br/>
the preliminary studies that Turner prepared as the basis for more elaborate <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> in the early 1840s. Two <br/>
of the finished Swiss watercolours he painted were views of Zurich. Both <br/>
show the city in festive mood, its <br/>
streets crowded with revellers.</p>
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The mood here is much more tranquil and nocturnal, focusing particularly on the huge luminous dial of St Peter's Church. By widening the true extent of the river, Turner makes the forms of the opposite bank appear to float in mid-air, much as he had done in his studies of Venice.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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adults architecture boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cliff Coblenz - non-specific countries and continents features figure Germany hill landscape natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena people places reflection river River Mosel society tower townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland
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