Joseph Mallord William Turner

Frankfurt: View up the Main to the Rententurm and Bridge

1835

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 118 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D30705
Turner Bequest CCCIV 39 a

Catalogue entry

This is a view of the River Main at Frankfurt, with the Old Bridge at right and a few boats moored in the foreground. Part of the Old Town overlooking the waterway is shown, with medieval buildings including the Saalhof Palace and the Rententurm rendered in faint line. To the left of the Rententurm, in the distance, is Frankfurt Cathedral.

For more drawings of the city see Tate D30678–D30679, D30684–D30698, D30700–D30705; Turner Bequest CCCIV 26–26a, 29–36, 37–39a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

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