Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Kreuzkirche and Frauenkirche

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dresden, Teplitz and Prague Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 100 × 159 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30303
Turner Bequest CCCI 4 a

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This slight but evocative view shows the Saxon city of Dresden from the banks of the River Elbe. In the foreground a boatman can be seen navigating his vessel along the still waters, and in the distance the city’s Kreuzkirche and domed Frauenkirche can be seen. Turner has used quick vertical hatching and single strokes of the pencil to render reflections on the river.

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
September 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Kreuzkirche and Frauenkirche

1835

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