Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sankt Goar and Burg Rheinfels, Looking Upstream from the Northern Approach to Sankt Goar

1839

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 100 x 163 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D28510
Turner Bequest CCXC 79 d

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This prospect, rendered in slight and agile line, depicts the town of Sankt Goar and its castle, the Burg Rheinfels. The spire of the evangelical church can be seen in the middle distance at centre.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sankt Goar and Burg Rheinfels, Looking Upstream from the Northern Approach to Sankt Goar

1839

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