Joseph Mallord William Turner

Berlin: The Statue of Blücher, Domes of St Hedwigskirche and East Side of the Opera from Unter den Linden

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: D31070
Turner Bequest CCCVII 26

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This is a statue of General Blücher taken from the Unter den Linden in Berlin (see Tate D31069; Turner Bequest CCCVII 25a). Behind it can be seen the domes of St Hedwigskirche and the eastern side of the Opera House.

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 Statue of Blücher, Domes of St Hedwigskirche and East Side of the Opera from Unter den Linden

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: Looking Eastwards along Unter den Linden with Entrance Gate to the University, Zeughaus, Statue of Blücher and Opera; Side of Opera and Part of Dome of St Hedwigskirche; St Hedwigskirche, with Side Steps of Opera and Royal Library

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Back of the Statue of Blücher, the Neue Wache and Zeughaus from next to the Opera House

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View Southwards along the Spree towards the Museum, Schloss and Schlossbrücke; Berlin: View Looking Eastwards along Unter den Linden, with the Zeughaus (Left) and Blücher Statue and Opera (Right)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View across the Opernplatz from the University to the Opera House, New and French Churches and the Royal Library

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Neue Wache and Zeughaus from close to the Opera House, with the Statue of Blücher in the Foreground; Details of the Zeughaus and the Statues of Bülow and Scharnhorst Above; Berlin: The Domkirche and Marienkirche

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View along Unter den Linden past the University (Left) and Opera (Right) to the Schlossplatz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The South and East Façades of the Schloss, the Langebrücke and Statue of the Great Elector, from Burgstrasse

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Schlossplatz from Königstrasse with the Statue of the Great Elector (Left) and the South Façade of the Schloss (Right); Small Detail in the Sky

Joseph Mallord William Turner Copenhagen: The Colonnade of the Amalienborg Palace from the Amaliegade with the Equestrian Statue of Frederik V Seen Beyond It and the Side of the Schack Palace on the Right

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?An Opera House

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Munich: Domes and Towers; (2) Munich: View down Briennerstrasse with the Glyptothek on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Equestrian Statue of the Great Elector, by Schlüter, on the Langebrücke; Berlin: The Museum, Domkirche and Schlossbrücke from the South

Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of People Seen in Hamburg; Copenhagen: The North-East Side of Kongens Nytorv from an Upper Storey of the Hôtel d’Angleterre, with the Equestrian Statue of Christian V in the Foreground; The Giethuset and King’s Theatre (in Sky Above)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Kreuzberg and City Centre from a Distance (in Three Instalments); Berlin: The Liberation Monument on the Kreuzberg

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: Looking Eastwards along Unter den Linden with Entrance Gate to the University, Zeughaus, Statue of Blücher and Opera; Side of Opera and Part of Dome of St Hedwigskirche; St Hedwigskirche, with Side Steps of Opera and Royal Library

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Back of the Statue of Blücher, the Neue Wache and Zeughaus from next to the Opera House

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View Southwards along the Spree towards the Museum, Schloss and Schlossbrücke; Berlin: View Looking Eastwards along Unter den Linden, with the Zeughaus (Left) and Blücher Statue and Opera (Right)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View across the Opernplatz from the University to the Opera House, New and French Churches and the Royal Library

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Neue Wache and Zeughaus from close to the Opera House, with the Statue of Blücher in the Foreground; Details of the Zeughaus and the Statues of Bülow and Scharnhorst Above; Berlin: The Domkirche and Marienkirche

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: View along Unter den Linden past the University (Left) and Opera (Right) to the Schlossplatz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The South and East Façades of the Schloss, the Langebrücke and Statue of the Great Elector, from Burgstrasse

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Schlossplatz from Königstrasse with the Statue of the Great Elector (Left) and the South Façade of the Schloss (Right); Small Detail in the Sky

Joseph Mallord William Turner Copenhagen: The Colonnade of the Amalienborg Palace from the Amaliegade with the Equestrian Statue of Frederik V Seen Beyond It and the Side of the Schack Palace on the Right

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?An Opera House

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Munich: Domes and Towers; (2) Munich: View down Briennerstrasse with the Glyptothek on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Equestrian Statue of the Great Elector, by Schlüter, on the Langebrücke; Berlin: The Museum, Domkirche and Schlossbrücke from the South

Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of People Seen in Hamburg; Copenhagen: The North-East Side of Kongens Nytorv from an Upper Storey of the Hôtel d’Angleterre, with the Equestrian Statue of Christian V in the Foreground; The Giethuset and King’s Theatre (in Sky Above)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: The Kreuzberg and City Centre from a Distance (in Three Instalments); Berlin: The Liberation Monument on the Kreuzberg

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