'Study of the Venus de' Medici', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study of the Venus de' Medici

From Studies from the Antique and Other Sculpture

Date ?1792

MediumChalk and gouache on paper

Dimensionssupport: 392 x 264 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00060

Turner Bequest V G

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Study of the Venus de’ Medici ?1792

D00060
Turner Bequest V G

Black and white chalks and stump on laid buff-grey wrapping paper, 392 x 264 mm
Watermark ‘HR’
Inscribed in red ink ‘V.G’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘V G’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Compare the study of the Vatican Meleager in this series (Tate D00062; Turner Bequest V I), which uses a similar technique. There is an offset of this drawing on Tate D00196 (Turner Bequest XVIII A). For the Venus and other studies of it in this series see Tate D00059 (Turner Bequest V F).

Technical notes:

Peter Bower notes that the sheet is perhaps from the same batch as Tate D00067 (Turner Bequest V O), from this series of studies.

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

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

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Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest