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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Views of Munich 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Views of Munich’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Verso:
Two Views of Munich 1833
D29957
Turner Bequest CCXCVIII 72 a
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 165 x 110 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Two views of Munich are rendered at top left, both in accordance with the foliation and horizontally, parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook. Taken from the Ludwigsbrücke, the view at top left shows the city from the Isar, with the Frauenkirche and Peterskirche beyond. The other view appears to show the city from Bogenhausen (see folio opposite, Tate D29958; Turner Bequest CCXCVIII 73).
For more views of Munich see Tate D29920–D29929, D29931, D29939, D29947, D29955–D29963, D29971, D29974, D29976; Turner Bequest CCXCVIII 54–58a, 59a, 63a, 67a, 71a–75a, 79a, 81, 82.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Two Views of Munich 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-two-views-of-munich-r1203217, accessed 01 October 2025.