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>
Alken and Burg Thurandt South
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Alken
architecture
Burg Thurandt
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Germany
hill
landscape
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
military
mist
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Mosel
rocky
ruins
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
weather
<p>In both nos. 75 and 76 Turner has depicted Alken with a fair degree of artistic licence, but there can be no mistaking the twin towers of Burg Thurandt in no.75 or the thirteenth-century church of St Michael in no.76. In both scenes he has introduced the large rocks which abound on this stretch of the Mosel, while in the left-hand part of no.76 he has also provided a graphic illustration of the steep hillside next to the town up which he himself had toiled in order to achieve good viewpoints.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 1991</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Alken and Burg Thurandt from the South
support: 139 × 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
<p>In both nos. 75 and 76 Turner has depicted Alken with a fair degree of artistic licence, but there can be no mistaking the twin towers of Burg Thurandt in no.75 or the thirteenth-century church of St Michael in no.76. In both scenes he has introduced the large rocks which abound on this stretch of the Mosel, while in the left-hand part of no.76 he has also provided a graphic illustration of the steep hillside next to the town up which he himself had toiled in order to achieve good viewpoints.</p>
Display caption
1991-08-28T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
/art/ajax/research-text/art/artworks/turner-alken-and-burg-thurandt-from-the-south-d29023/TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
Catalogue entry
2014-11-09T00:00:00
catalogue-entry-xml
TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
Alken architecture Burg Thurandt castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Germany hill landscape man-made landmarks (non-UK) military military mist natural features (non-UK) places river River Mosel rocky ruins townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland weather
CCXCII 72