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Luxembourg

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork Details

Luxembourg
1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner
watercolor and gouache on blue paper
15 x 18 x 1 in. (38.1 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm)
Gift of Helmut Stern
1991/2.73

Description

Subject Matter:

Landscape of the gorge that traverses the ciry of Luxembourg surrounded by building structures along the cliffs and a city in the distance. He filled 30 pages of sketches of the dramatic setting in his sketchbooks and made numerous atmospheric guache and watercolor paintings, including this one.

Physical Description:

The top third of the landscape image is the sky with two tower-structures silhouetted on the far right side. There is a structure in the middle of the image with a bridge connecting the cliffs. The bottom right corner of the image is darker and more blue than the rest.

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