In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Part of
- Venice: The Grand Canal
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 245 × 304 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D32138
Turner Bequest CCCXVI 1
Display caption
Turner produced the majority of his watercolour sketches of Venice on his third trip to the city in 1840. This almost monochrome study reveals the complete assurance of Turner's watercolour technique. Here he allows the unpainted white of the paper to suggest the brilliance of reflected light, a process that meant anticipating the effect he hoped to achieve before he put paint to paper.
Gallery label, August 2004
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Catalogue entry
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Venice: Santa Maria della Salute from the Hotel Europa
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Steps of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, with Boats on the Grand Canal
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Canale della Giudecca, Venice, with Santa Maria della Salute, the Campanile of San Marco (St Mark’s), and San Giorgio Maggiore Beyond
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, across the Grand Canal from the Hotel Europa (Palazzo Giustinian) at Twilight
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, towards Sunset, with Gondolas at the Entrance of the Grand Canal
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Grand Canal, Venice, off the Steps of Santa Maria della Salute, with the Campanile of San Marco (St Mark’s) in the Distance
?1840 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats off Santa Maria della Salute at the Entrance to the Canale della Giudecca, Venice, with the Campanile of San Marco (St Mark’s) Beyond
?1840 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner The Grand Canal, Venice, near the Accademia, with Santa Maria della Salute in the Distance
?1840 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner Santa Maria della Salute across the Grand Canal, Venice, from the Hotel Europa (Palazzo Giustinian)
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, with Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana
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