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- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Part of
- Como and Venice Sketchbook
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 223 x 287 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D15254
Turner Bequest CLXXXI 4
Display caption
Turner visited Venice for the first time in 1819. He stayed only a few days, but the city inspired him to make a group of exceptionally free and limpid views, revealing a new understanding of the qualities of pure watercolour. These watercolours were made from points at or near the entrance to the Grand Canal and the Canale della Giudecca. Here Sta Maria Maggiore seems to have been observed from the Palazzo Giustiniani, which later became the Hotel Europa, where Turner stayed on subsequent visits to the city.
Gallery label, August 2004
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