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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or from the River Saône 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or from the River Saône’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
?Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or from the River Saône 1819
D14056
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 42’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch is tentatively identified as Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or, a village on the right bank of the River Saône, approximately ten miles north of Lyon. Turner’s viewpoint appears to be from the waters of the river looking south-west towards the ruined complex of a church and ruined château on the hill above the riverbank.
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Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or from the River Saône 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-saint-germain-au-mont-dor-from-the-river-saone-r1142914, accessed 22 September 2024.