Oil paint on canvas
Italy
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oil paintings
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Riva degli Schiavone Venice Water Fête
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
group
groups
Italy
leisure and pastimes
party
people
places
recreational activities
sea
seascapes and coasts
Venice, Riva degli Schiavoni
<p>This is one of a pair of paintings of Venetian festivals which were probably produced in the mid-1840s. This painting is not finished and was not exhibited. Turner may have painted it over another picture, laying his pigment on very thickly in order to obscure the painting underneath. Turner came to prefer using a shallow landscape format for his late Venetian subjects.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
30 July 2001 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
30 July 2001 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
2001-07-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-07-30
Painting Venice
Collection based display
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
20 March 2009 – 27 July 2009
2009-07-27
20 March 2009
2009-03-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-03-20
Turner's Later Oil Sketches and Unfinished Works
Collection based display
5 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
5 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
2009-08-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-05
Turner Abroad
Collection based display
21 January 2012 – 3 June 2012
2012-06-03
21 January 2012 – 3 June 2012
2012-06-03
2012-01-21
Castel Sismondo (Rimini, Italy)
2012-01-21
Da Vermeer a Kindinsky. Capolavori dai museei del mondo a Rimini
Loan-out
26 March 2015 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
26 March 2015 – 21 June 2015
2015-06-21
2015-03-26
Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, Mexico)
18 July 2015 – 18 October 2015
2015-10-18
2015-07-18
Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, Brazil)
27 April 2018 – 5 August 2018
2018-08-05
2018-04-27
Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
4 September 2018 – 13 November 2018
2018-11-13
2018-09-04
National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China)
27 November 2019 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
2019-11-27
Hong Kong Museum of Art (Hong Kong, China)
2015-03-26
British Landscape
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 September 2020 – 27 November 2022
2022-11-27
1 September 2020
2020-09-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-09-01
Clore 106
Collection based display
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
2023-10-28
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
2023-10-28
Turner at Lenbachhaus Munich
Loan-out
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)
1 June 2026 – 1 October 2026
2026-10-01
2026-06-01
External
15 November 2026 – 15 March 2027
2027-03-15
2026-11-15
External
1 May 2027 – 1 September 2027
2027-09-01
2027-05-01
External
15 October 2027 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
2027-10-15
External
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
Riva degli Schiavone, Venice: Water Fête
support: 724 × 1130 mm
frame: 886 × 1287 × 70 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>This is one of a pair of paintings of Venetian festivals which were probably produced in the mid-1840s. This painting is not finished and was not exhibited. Turner may have painted it over another picture, laying his pigment on very thickly in order to obscure the painting underneath. Turner came to prefer using a shallow landscape format for his late Venetian subjects.</p>
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2020-12-04T00:00:00
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<p><b>507. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-riva-degli-schiavone-venice-water-fete-n04661" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04661</span></a>]<b> Riva degli Schiavone, Venice: Water Fete</b>
<i>c.</i> 1845</p>
<p>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (4661)</p>
<p>Canvas, 28 3/8 × 44 1/4 (72 × 112·5)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (? 138 or 139, 2 each 3'9" × 2'4 1/2"); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1938.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> Paris 1953 (86).</p>
<p>Companion to No. 508 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venetian-festival-n04659" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04659</span></a>] and like it similar in style to the rather larger Nos. 505 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-arrival-of-louis-philippe-at-the-royal-clarence-yard-gosport-8-october-1844-n02068" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N02068</span></a>] and 506 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-disembarkation-of-louis-philippe-at-the-royal-clarence-yard-gosport-8-october-n04660" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04660</span></a>].</p>
<p>This picture is so thickly painted that it may have been executed over another <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>.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure group groups Italy leisure and pastimes party people places recreational activities sea seascapes and coasts Venice, Riva degli Schiavoni