Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Liebfrauenkirche at Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream

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: 163 × 100 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D28472
Turner Bequest CCXC 61 a

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Turner depicts the spire of the medieval Church of Our Lady (Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen) at bottom left and beyond it, the ascent towards the Castle Schönburg. The lower part of the Liebfrauenkirche continues onto the folio opposite (Tate D28473; Turner Bequest CCXC 62). For other drawings of Oberwesel in this sketchbook see Tate D28459–D28466, D28468–69, Turner Bequest CCXC 55–58a, 59a–60.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Liebfrauenkirche at Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream

1839

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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Oberwesel, Looking Upstream, Showing St Martin’s Church, the Ochsturm and Other Towers and Wernerkapelle; (2) Oberwesel, Looking Upstream, Showing the Schönburg, the Liebfrauenkirche and Wernerkapelle; (3) Oberwesel, Looking Upstream

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Oberwesel, Showing the Schönburg, Wernerkapelle, Liebfrauenkirche and Zehnerthurm, Looking Upstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking up the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream from inland behind the Ocksturm

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream towards Burg Gutenfels in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Schönburg above the Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel, beside the River Rhine

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Downstream; Details of the Schönburg and the Liebfrauenkirche

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Schönburg above the Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel, Looking down the River Rhine

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream past the Liebfrauenkirche from Inland

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Schönburg above the Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel, Looking down the River Rhine

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Liebfrauenkirche at Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream; Bacharach and Burg Stahleck, Looking Downstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Oberwesel, Showing the Schönburg, Wernerkapelle, Liebfrauenkirche and Zehnerthurm, Looking Upstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking up the River Rhine

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream towards Burg Gutenfels in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Schönburg above the Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel, beside the River Rhine

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