Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Citadel of Lausanne and the Lake of Geneva

1836

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Val d’Aosta Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D29123
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 46 a

Catalogue entry

Drawn inverted in relation to main numbered sequence of subjects in this sketchbook, this is the right section of a two-part panorama of the citadel of Lausanne from the north-west, in the vicinity of the Rue du Valentin with Lake Geneva beyond to the right, continued from the opposite page (D29124; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 47). The view is closer and very much more detailed than in the preceding double-spread (D29121–D19122; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 45a–46). Today the view across the Place de la Riponne is swamped by the huge Palais de Rumine, at the foot of the citadel and almost as large again, built in the early 1900s to house the University, Library and Museums.
For the full tour of the First Loan Collection see Warrell 1991, p.39.

David Hill
June 2010

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