Graphite and 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
<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>
Grand Canal Venice with Palazzo Balbi and Mocenigo Palaces and Rialto Bridge in Distance
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
industrial
Italy
places
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
Venice, Grand Canal
Venice, Palazzo Balbi
Venice, Ponte di Rialto
waterfront
<p>Lines representing vertical parts of the palazzo at the left lean both to the left and to the right. This may be simply because Turner worked quickly, but the fact that the watercolour brushwork fails to keep to the same direction as the pencil drawing shows that he did not have a consistent approach to depicting the vertical sides of buildings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite 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
The Grand Canal, Venice, with the Palazzo Balbi and the Mocenigo Palaces, and the Rialto Bridge in the Distance
support: 223 × 328 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>Lines representing vertical parts of the palazzo at the left lean both to the left and to the right. This may be simply because Turner worked quickly, but the fact that the <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>watercolour</span></a> brushwork fails to keep to the same direction as the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> shows that he did not have a consistent approach to depicting the vertical sides of buildings.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents industrial Italy places townscape townscapes / man-made features Venice, Grand Canal Venice, Palazzo Balbi Venice, Ponte di Rialto waterfront
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