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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Antwerp: The Groenplaats and Cathedral of Our Lady 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Antwerp: The Groenplaats and Cathedral of Our Lady’ 1817
Folio 6 Recto:
Antwerp: The Groenplaats and Cathedral of Our Lady 1817
D13006
Turner Bequest CLXII 6
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXII – 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of figures extends that of Antwerp from the Groenplaats on folio 5 verso opposite (D13005). A.G.H. Bachrach, confirming the location as Antwerp, noted the presence of the Rotterdam coach in the right foreground.1
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

1
Bachrach 1994, pp.59‒60.

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Antwerp: The Groenplaats and Cathedral of Our Lady 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/antwerp-the-groenplaats-and-cathedral-of-our-lady-r1212381, accessed 31 July 2026.