Graphite, watercolour and pen on paper
Rheinfelden Sketchbook
Rheinfelden Sketchbook
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Ebernburg Valley Alsenz
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Ebernburg
Germany
landscape
military
mountain
places
rocky
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
<p>Ruskin thought that these drawings probably depicted subjects in the Tyrol. However, they have now been identified as views Turner painted while exploring the smaller valleys of the Rhine in 1844, in this case the River Nahe. Ruskin felt that no.81 was 'singularly grand and simple in conception; its colour exquisitely pure, and its execution at once delicate and vigorous. Nothing can be more magnificent than the standing of the buildings on the rock, the firm irregularity of their battlements, and the indications of sloping cleavage in the cliff itself'. In short, he believed that, 'This sketch cannot be too long or patiently studied'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen
Ebernburg from the Valley of the Alsenz
support: 229 × 326 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>Ruskin thought that these <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> probably depicted subjects in the Tyrol. However, they have now been identified as views Turner painted while exploring the smaller valleys of the Rhine in 1844, in this case the River Nahe. Ruskin felt that no.81 was 'singularly grand and simple in conception; its colour exquisitely pure, and its execution at once delicate and vigorous. Nothing can be more magnificent than the standing of the buildings on the rock, the firm irregularity of their battlements, and the indications of sloping cleavage in the cliff itself'. In short, he believed that, 'This sketch cannot be too long or patiently studied'.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Ebernburg Germany landscape military mountain places rocky townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features valley
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