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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Metz Cathedral from the South-West and Bridge over the Moselle 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Metz Cathedral from the South-West and Bridge over the Moselle’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Metz Cathedral from the South-West and Bridge over the Moselle 1839
D28234
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 35 a
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a rough sketch of the south-western end of the cathedral at Metz, rendered in swift and summary line. Two arched lines to the left of the monument suggest a bridge traversing the Moselle.
For other representations of Metz cathedral in this sketchbook see Tate D28200, D28218–D28219, D28234–D28235; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 17a, 26a–27, 34a–35; see also the Rivers Meuse and Moselle sketchbook of 1824 (Tate D19786; Turner Bequest CCXVI 118).

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Metz Cathedral from the South-West and Bridge over the Moselle 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-metz-cathedral-from-the-south-west-and-bridge-over-the-r1150511, accessed 26 April 2024.