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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Chambéry, the Château and Chapel from the East 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Chambéry, the Château and Chapel from the East’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Verso:
Chambéry, the Château and Chapel from the East 1836
D29361
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 81a
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Château and old town of Chambéry are seen here from the east, from the road to Les Charmettes, near the foot of the road which overlooks the Carré Curial, lower right. This is the most detailed treatment of the château in a series of sketches from similar viewpoints to the south-east, occurring in this sketchbook. A watercolour of Chambéry (on the London art market in 1996)1 shows the same view but not exactly as rendered in any of the sketches.

David Hill
June 2010

1
Christie’s sale, London 2 April 1996, lot 63, reproduced in colour.

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Chambéry, the Château and Chapel from the East 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-chambery-the-chateau-and-chapel-from-the-east-r1144911, accessed 27 April 2024.