Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dresden: The Schloss and Hofkirche from the End of the Brühl Terrace

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dresden and Saxon Switzerland Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 104 × 170 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30900
Turner Bequest CCCVI 9

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Here Turner depicts the Schloss (left) and Hofkirche (right) at Dresden, taken from a vantage point at the end of Brühl Terrace. Turner has rendered the ornate decorative mouldings of the baroque Hofkirche in detail, and continues the spire in the sky at centre left.

For more sketches of Dresden see Tate D30296–D30308, D30896–D30900, D31013, D31024–D31042; Turner Bequest CCCI 1–7, CCCVI 6a–9, 65a, CCCVII 3–12.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scenery, Presumably along the Elbe; Dresden: The Neustädter Markt, Looking Southwards to the Hofkirche, Blockhaus and Statue of Augustus the Strong (Continued in the Sky Above)

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe from just downstream of the Bridge, Showing the Frauenkirche, Bridge, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss (Continued in Sky); Stettin: The Harbour with Boats, Buildings and Figures

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View from the Basin on the Upper Level of the Zwinger close to the Outer Side of the Wall Pavilion, Looking towards the Neustadt, Bridge, Hofkirche, Schloss and Frauenkirche (the Figures in the Garden Continued in the Sky)

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Dresden: The Schloss and Hofkirche from the End of the Brühl Terrace

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