Joseph Mallord William Turner

Berlin: The Königskolonnaden from the Königsbrücke

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Copenhagen to Dresden Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 89 × 162 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D31056
Turner Bequest CCCVII 19

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This is a study of Berlin’s Königskolonnaden (The King’s Colonnade) taken from a vantage point on the Königsbrücke (see Tate D31055; Turner Bequest CCCVII 18a). There is a separate sketch above which appears to depict figures on a boat on the Spree.

For other sketches of Berlin see Tate D21045–D31082; Turner Bequest CCCVII 13a–32.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Berlin: The Königskolonnaden from the Königsbrücke

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View along Unter den Linden, Looking Westwards from the Corner of the Zeughaus (Continued in the Sky); Berlin: The Schloss and Schlossbrücke from Close to the Zeughaus

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Internal Courtyard of the Schloss

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View Westwards towards the Königskolonnaden and the Marienkirche; Boats and Figures

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