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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: The Römerberg with the Nikolaikirche (Right) and the Cathedral in the Distance, with Separate Details of Parts of the Nikolaikirche 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Frankfurt: The Römerberg with the Nikolaikirche (Right) and the Cathedral in the Distance, with Separate Details of Parts of the Nikolaikirche’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Frankfurt: The Römerberg with the Nikolaikirche (Right) and the Cathedral in the Distance, with Separate Details of Parts of the Nikolaikirche 1835
D30700
Turner Bequest CCCIV 37
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘[jan] honig [& zonen]’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘St Niccoli’ bottom centre
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘37’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV–37’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a study of Römerberg Square in Frankfurt, Germany. The Römerberg is Frankfurt’s historic heart and the site of the city hall (the Römer) and ancient church of St Nicholas (inscribed ‘St Niccoli’), depicted at right. Turner has recorded some of the church’s architectural features – parts of its carved exterior and decorative window mouldings – in small sketches above the view. Beyond the Nikolaikirche can be seen the tower of Frankfurt Cathedral.
For more drawings of Frankfurt see Tate D30678–D30679, D30684–D30698, D30700–D30705; Turner Bequest CCCIV 26–26a, 29–36, 37–39a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Frankfurt: The Römerberg with the Nikolaikirche (Right) and the Cathedral in the Distance, with Separate Details of Parts of the Nikolaikirche 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-frankfurt-the-romerberg-with-the-nikolaikirche-right-and-the-r1187076, accessed 23 April 2024.