Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Venice: Down the Side Canals
Venice: Down the Side Canals
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
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 a Gondola
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
astronomy
boat - non-specific
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
industrial
Italy
lagoon
moonlight
people
places
seascapes and coasts
society
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice - non-specific
<p>Despite its appearance now, the paper used for this swift sketch of Venice at night was originally grey. It has turned brown with exposure to light, a change which most likely occurred in the late 19th century. The moonlight on the left is balanced by the bright light of a lantern in the gondola in the foreground. Turner often contrasted different light sources, as in his first publicly-exhibited oil painting, <span>Fishermen</span> at Sea 1796.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique watercolour bodycolour
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
Venice by Moonlight, with a Gondola
support: 215 × 288 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>Despite its appearance now, the paper used for this swift sketch of Venice at night was originally grey. It has turned brown with exposure to light, a change which most likely occurred in the late 19th century. The moonlight on the left is balanced by the bright light of a lantern in the gondola in the foreground. Turner often contrasted different light sources, as in his first publicly-exhibited oil painting, <i>Fishermen</i> at Sea 1796.</p>
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adults architecture astronomy boat - non-specific canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure industrial Italy lagoon moonlight people places seascapes and coasts society townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice - non-specific
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