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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Berlin: Gendarmenmarkt, the Schauspielhaus and the French Church; Other City Scenes 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Berlin: Gendarmenmarkt, the Schauspielhaus and the French Church; Other City Scenes’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Berlin: Gendarmenmarkt, the Schauspielhaus and the French Church; Other City Scenes 1835
D31061
Turner Bequest CCCVII 21a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Place L[...] M[...]’ bottom left; ‘Rustic’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘Cart’, ‘26’ (on the steps), ‘Ionic’, ‘Market’ bottom centre; ‘W on Cloud’ ‘C and dog’ right centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt with the Schauspielhaus theatre (left) and the French Church (right). Turner has annotated the sketch with various notes: at bottom left ‘Place L[...] M[...]’ which may refer to the Gendarmenmarkt’s historic name ‘Linden-Markt’. At rear the inscriptions ‘Rustic’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘Cart’, ‘26’ (on the steps of the Schauspielhaus), ‘Ionic’ and ‘Market’ are visible. At right: ‘W on Cloud’ and ‘C and dog’ are inscribed. In the remaining space surrounding the view the artist has also rendered jottings of architectural details and figures.
For other sketches of Berlin see Tate D21045–D31082; Turner Bequest CCCVII 13a–32.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Berlin: Gendarmenmarkt, the Schauspielhaus and the French Church; Other City Scenes 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-berlin-gendarmenmarkt-the-schauspielhaus-and-the-french-r1186934, accessed 21 September 2024.