Chalk, gouache and watercolour 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
<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>
A Moonlit Canal through a Gothic Arcade Venice
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
arch
architecture
astronomy
boat, gondola
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
Gothic
industrial
Italy
medieval
moonlight
night
periods and styles
places
society
times of the day
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice - non-specific
waterfront
<p>In this work Turner uses rapid touches of bodycolour to create reflections in the dark water of the canal. Several drawings in this series on brown paper make dramatic use of arches to frame buildings. Here the arch has been used as a silhouette against the moonlit sky.</p><p>This work has been exposed to light for long periods of time, causing the paper to change colour. The original colour can be seen at the edges of the sheet, which have been protected from the light.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk gouache watercolour
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
1 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
1 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
2016-10-01
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
2016-10-01
Venice. City of Artists
Loan-out
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
A Moonlit Canal through a Gothic Arcade, Venice
support: 307 × 239 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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<span class="text0">In this work Turner uses rapid touches  </span><span class="text13">of <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/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>bodycolour</span></a> to create reflections </span><span class="text0">
in the dark water of the canal. Several <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>drawings</span></a> in this series on      brown <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> make dramatic use of arches to frame buildings. Here the arch      has been used  as a silhouette against the moonlit sky.  </span>
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<span class="text0">This work has been exposed to light for long periods of      time, causing the paper  to change colour. The original colour can  be seen      at the edges of the sheet, which have been protected from the light. </span>
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arch architecture astronomy boat, gondola canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features Gothic industrial Italy medieval moonlight night periods and styles places society times of the day townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice - non-specific waterfront
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