Venice from the Laguna
About this artwork
The city is indistinctly silhouetted on the horizon and a violent storm is about to engulf it. This is Turner’s only Venetian work in which he includes a steamer. To create the effect of the broken trail of steam rising from the boat, the artist dabbed the paint. His fingerprints are just visible on the surface of the watercolour. Steamships appear in a number of Turner’s paintings; in all of these works he chronicles rather than condemns the advance of modern travel and technology.
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artist:Joseph Mallord William TurnerEnglish (1775 - 1851)
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title:Venice from the Laguna
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date created:About 1835
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materials:Watercolour, gouache and pen and ink, with scraping out on paper
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measurements:22.10 x 32.00 cm
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credit line:Henry Vaughan Bequest 1900
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accession number:D NG 872
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner transformed the art of landscape painting in Britain. From detailed topographical studies to expansive, atmospheric vistas his works celebrate the diversity and emotive power of nature. He was born in Covent Garden, the son of a barber, and exhibited his earliest sketches in his father's...