J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Studies in the Louvre Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Colour Keys of Nicolas Poussin's 'Judgement of Solomon' and 'Deluge' (Inscriptions by Turner) 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Colour Keys of Nicolas Poussin's 'Judgement of Solomon' and 'Deluge' (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
Colour Keys of Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Judgement of Solomon’ and ‘Deluge’ (Inscriptions by Turner) 1802
D04369
Turner Bequest LXXII 74
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry), on white wove paper prepared with a grey wash, 128 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘74’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXII–74’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s notes are set out in two groups, the upper one headed ‘Solo’ and the lower ‘Deluge’, with accompanying initials from his colour key. These are only partly legible and cannot be replicated here. Further study of the originals is required. Finberg did not attempt a transcription but read Turner’s headings only. Poussin’s Judgement of Solomon, of 1649, was acquired by Louis XIV in 1685. Its colouring is notably harsh and acid. For the painter’s Deluge, and Turner’s further comments on it, see folios 41 verso, 42 of this sketchbook (D04327, D04328).
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David Blayney Brown
July 2005

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Colour Keys of Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Judgement of Solomon’ and ‘Deluge’ (Inscriptions by Turner) 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2005, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-colour-keys-of-nicolas-poussins-judgement-of-solomon-and-r1129778, accessed 26 April 2024.