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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Landeck, with Schloss Landeck above the River Inn 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landeck, with Schloss Landeck above the River Inn’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
Landeck, with Schloss Landeck above the River Inn 1840
D32295
Turner Bequest CCCXX 17
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 149 mm
Partial watermark ‘& C’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXX – 17’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is to the south-east across the River Inn at Landeck, with Schloss Landeck high up on the right. Below to its north is the spire of the Maria Himmelfahrt church, against the background of the Tyrol Alps; compare folio 31 verso (D32322). For other views of Landeck and its situation on Turner’s route, see under folio 16 verso opposite (D32294).

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Landeck, with Schloss Landeck above the River Inn 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-landeck-with-schloss-landeck-above-the-river-inn-r1196530, accessed 24 April 2024.