Watercolour on paper
Keepsake Colour Studies c.1827-32
Keepsake Colour Studies c.1827-32
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>
Florence
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Florence - non-specific
Italy
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Arno
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
water: inland
<p>Shortly before his second trip to Italy  in 1828, Turner completed a watercolour of the celebrated view over Florence  from the church of San Miniato, on the other side of the River Arno. This is  a study for the finished work. Turner  used pencil sketches he had made more than eight years earlier to set out the basic composition. He then used this study as a guide when producing the finished watercolour, changing only certain details.</p><p>There are at least two versions of the completed watercolour, so Turner may have referred to this study in order to repeat his design.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
6 April 2020 – 27 November 2022
2022-11-27
6 April 2020
2020-04-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-04-06
Gallery 108
Collection based display
Florence
support: 328 × 486 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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Shortly before his second trip to Italy <br/>
in 1828, Turner completed 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> of the celebrated view over Florence <br/>
from the church of San Miniato, on the other side of the River Arno. This is <br/>
a study for the finished work. Turner <br/>
used <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> sketches he had made more than eight years earlier to set out the basic <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>. He then used this study as a guide when producing the finished watercolour, changing only certain details.</p>
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There are at least two versions of the completed watercolour, so Turner may have referred to this study in order to repeat his design. </p>
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Florence - non-specific Italy landscape natural features (non-UK) places river River Arno townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features valley water: inland
CCLXIII 16