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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague ... > Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Nuremberg: View from the Maxbrücke Looking South-East to the Weinstadel, Water Tower, Henkersteg and Spires of St Lorenz 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nuremberg: View from the Maxbrücke Looking South-East to the Weinstadel, Water Tower, Henkersteg and Spires of St Lorenz’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Verso:
Nuremberg: View from the Maxbrücke Looking South-East to the Weinstadel, Water Tower, Henkersteg and Spires of St Lorenz 1835
D30737
Turner Bequest CCCIV 56 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark with the Lion of the Seven Provinces
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of the city Nuremberg in Germany was taken from the Maxbrücke, a bridge in the city centre linking the north and south banks of the Pegnitz River. From there Turner was afforded views of some of Nuremberg’s medieval riverside architecture, including the Weinstadel and the adjacent Wasserturm (water tower) at left. The Wasserturm marks the beginning of the Henkersteg, a stone arched bridge named after the small tower visible at centre called the Henkerturm or Hangman’s Tower. Right of the Henkerturm is a wooden footbridge which leads to Trödelmarkt. Beyond can be seen the spires of St Lorenz Church.
For more views of Nuremberg see Tate D30707–D30711, D30713, D30715–D30718, D30720–D30726, D30729–D30730; Turner Bequest CCCIV 40a–42a, 44, 45–46a, 47a–50a, 52–52a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Nuremberg: View from the Maxbrücke Looking South-East to the Weinstadel, Water Tower, Henkersteg and Spires of St Lorenz 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-nuremberg-view-from-the-maxbrucke-looking-south-east-to-the-r1187112, accessed 18 September 2024.