J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Melk Abbey on the Danube, as Seen from the Road 1833

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Melk Abbey on the Danube, as Seen from the Road’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
Melk Abbey on the Danube, as Seen from the Road 1833
D31461
Turner Bequest CCCXI 23a
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 113 x 184 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a study of Melk Abbey, a Benedictine abbey overlooking the Danube above the town of Melk. This view was taken from a nearby road. See also Tate D30271–D30272; Turner Bequest CCC 72a–73.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Melk Abbey on the Danube, as Seen from the Road 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-melk-abbey-on-the-danube-as-seen-from-the-road-r1203475, accessed 10 May 2025.