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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp’ 1817
Folio 3 Verso:
The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp 1817
D13001
Turner Bequest CLXII 3a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 93 x 156 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this sketch of the Cathedral of Our Lady, its high northern and lower southern towers and the tops and roofs of houses in Antwerp extends the view of the city from the Boterrui on folio 4 recto opposite (D13002). For Antwerp in this sketchbook, see notes to folio 2 verso (D12999).

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-cathedral-of-our-lady-antwerp-r1212376, accessed 31 July 2026.