Watercolour on paper
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Venice by Moonlight with Boats off a Campanile
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
astronomy
boat - non-specific
boat, gondola
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
industrial
Italy
moon
natural phenomena
places
reflection
society
tower
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice - non-specific
Venice, Grand Canal
waterfront
<p>Turner made this sketch during his last visit to Venice in 1840. Evoking the magical transformation of the city as day turns to night, it is not an exact view but a poetic reverie.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
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
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)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
8 April 2019 – 5 August 2019
2019-08-05
8 April 2019 – 5 August 2019
2019-08-05
2019-04-08
Brantwood (Cumbria, UK)
2019-04-08
Incandescence: Turner in Venice
Loan-out
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
Venice by Moonlight, with Boats off a Campanile
support: 220 × 319 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>Turner made this sketch during his last visit to Venice in 1840. Evoking the magical transformation of the city as day turns to night, it is not an exact view but a poetic reverie.</p>
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architecture astronomy boat, gondola boat - non-specific canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features industrial Italy moon natural phenomena places reflection society tower townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice, Grand Canal Venice - non-specific waterfront
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