'Study for 'The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides'', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study for 'The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides'

From Hesperides (1) Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCIII

Date 1805

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 171 x 262 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D05782

Turner Bequest XCIII 9 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 9 Verso:

Study for ‘The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides’ 1805

D05782
Turner Bequest XCIII 9a

Pencil, pen and ink on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 171 x 262 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See note to folio 1 verso of the sketchbook (D05767) for its various sketches and studies related to The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides exhibited at the British Institution in 1806 (Tate N00477).1 This sketch continues the experiments with composition and background begun on folio 8 (D05779). As on folio 8 verso (D05780) the composition is in reverse to that in folio 3 (D05770) and in the picture.

David Blayney Brown
October 2007

1

Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.44–6 no.57 (pl.67).

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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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