'Commentary on Titian's 'Christ Crowned with Thorns' (Inscription by Turner)', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Commentary on Titian's 'Christ Crowned with Thorns' (Inscription by Turner)

From Studies in the Louvre Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXII

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 128 x 114 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D04338

Turner Bequest LXXII 51

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 51 Recto:

Commentary on Titian’s ‘Christ Crowned with Thorns’ (Inscription by Turner) 1802

D04338
Turner Bequest LXXII 51

Inscribed by Turner in black ink (see D04339), on white wove paper prepared with a reddish brown wash, 128 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘51’ top left (inverted)
Stamped in black ‘LXXII–51’ top left (inverted)

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See folio 52 of this sketchbook (D04340) for Titian’s picture and Turner’s copy. Turner’s remarks here (written with the book inverted) conclude those begun on the verso of this leaf (D04339), for which see catalogue note for a full transcription.

David Blayney Brown
July 2005

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Studies in the Louvre Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest