Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Old Town Hall, Rotterdam

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Rotterdam Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 95 × 153 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D32473
Turner Bequest CCCXXI 15 a

Catalogue entry

This is a sketch of Rotterdam’s old Town Hall or Stadhuis, taken from the Kaasmarkt (Cheese Market). The baroque frontage, which features a pediment supported by columns and a cupola, was installed in the early seventeenth century. The entrance was rebuilt in 1830 to face the Kaasmarkt. At the turn of the century the old Town Hall was moved and replaced with a new purpose-built construction on the Coolsingel. See also Tate D32462, D32464, D32466, D32468; Turner Bequest CCCXXI 10, 11, 12, 13.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2016

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