Watercolour on paper
Como and Venice Sketchbook
Como and Venice Sketchbook
First Italian Tour 1819-20
First Italian Tour 1819-20
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on loan
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Como and Venice Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Venice San Giorgio Maggiore  Early Morning
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat - non-specific
canal
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dome
features
industrial
Italy
places
religious
society
sunshine
tower
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice, Grand Canal
Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore
waterfront
weather
<p>Turner visited Venice for the first time in 1819. He stayed only a few days, but the city inspired him to make a group of exceptionally free and limpid views, revealing a new understanding of the qualities of pure watercolour. These watercolours were made from points at or near the entrance to the Grand Canal and the Canale della Giudecca. Here Sta Maria Maggiore seems to have been observed from the Palazzo Giustiniani, which later became the Hotel Europa, where Turner stayed on subsequent visits to the city.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</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 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Home and Abroad 1815-30
Collection based display
11 October 2014 – 11 January 2015
2015-01-11
11 October 2014 – 11 January 2015
2015-01-11
2014-10-11
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2014-10-11
Jeremy Deller, English Magic
Loan-out
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
16 March 2020 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
2020-03-16
Musée Jacquemart-André (Paris, France)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
6 July 2024 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
6 July 2024 – 1 September 2024
2024-09-01
2024-07-06
Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
30 September 2024 – 7 May 2025
2025-05-07
2024-09-30
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
21 June 2025 – 5 October 2025
2025-10-05
2025-06-21
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore - Early Morning
support: 223 × 287 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>Turner visited Venice for the first time in 1819. He stayed only a few days, but the city inspired him to make a group of exceptionally free and limpid views, revealing a new understanding of the qualities of pure <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>. These watercolours were made from points at or near the entrance to the Grand Canal and the Canale della Giudecca. Here Sta Maria Maggiore seems to have been observed from the Palazzo Giustiniani, which later became the Hotel Europa, where Turner stayed on subsequent visits to the city.</p>
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architecture boat - non-specific canal church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents dome features industrial Italy places religious society sunshine tower townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice, Grand Canal Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore waterfront weather
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