Joseph Mallord William Turner

Burg Treis

c.1839

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
Medium
Gouache and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 140 x 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D24735
Turner Bequest CCLIX 170

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Just upstream of Treis travellers on the Mosel enjoy a very beautiful view of Burg Treis, situated on a conical hill at the entrance of two side-valleys (no.71). They then reach Treis itself (no.72) which lies almost opposite Karden (no.73). The atmosphere of all three studies is cloudy, misty or vaporous, evoking a fresher and more pensive mood than that of the Mosel scenes drenched in sunlight.

Gallery label, August 1991

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