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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins at Trier; The Cathedral, Trier 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins at Trier; The Cathedral, Trier’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Ruins at Trier; The Cathedral, Trier 1824
D19741
Turner Bequest CCXVI 96 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At the upper and lowermost registers Turner pictures two of Trier’s ancient Roman ruins: the Kaiserthermen or Imperial Baths (see D19739–D19740; Turner Bequest CCXVI 95a–96) and at rear, orientated inversely relative to the foliation, the Porta Nigra viewed from a distance (see also Tate D20142, D20230, D28431; Turner Bequest CCXVII 4, CCXX W, CCXC 41). At centre is the profile of the towers and spires of the cathedral and the Liebfrauenkirche, with the Church of St Paulinus in the background. For further sketches of the city see Tate D19725–D19738, D19741–D19743; Turner Bequest CCXVI 88a–95, 96a–97a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Ruins at Trier; The Cathedral, Trier 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-at-trier-the-cathedral-trier-r1174532, accessed 09 May 2024.