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Joseph Mallord William Turner , English, 1775-1851

Title

The Grand Canal from below the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Datec.1820

MediumWatercolour, graphite and gouache with white highlights on paper

Dimensions

28.4 x 40.6 cm

Credit LinePresented, Commissioners of Public Works, 1972

Object numberNGI.7512

DescriptionThis watercolour, taken from below the Rialto Bridge, was probably based on a sketch done in a gondola. Turner captures a dynamic sense of movement, as boats jostle for position along the Grand Canal. The view beyond the bridge takes in the sixteenth century Palazzo Grimani on the left, its side elevation cast in shadow.
InscriptionWatermark: J WHATMAN/ 1818/ TURKEY MILL
ProvenanceT. Greenwood; Robert Dunthorne Bryce; presented, The Commissioners for Public Works, 1972 Exhibition HistoryMaster European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983

Turner and Italy, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 26 March - 7 June 2009