Luxembourg / Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Accession Number
1991/2.73
Title
Luxembourg
Artist Nationality
British
Artist Life Dates
1775-1851
Object Creation Date
1839
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Luxembourg (nation)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Luxembourg (nation)
Credit Line
Gift of Helmut Stern
Style/Group/Movement
Romantic (modern European styles)
Dimensions
13.8 cm x 19 cm (5 7/16 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
landscape
Secondary Object Classification
Drawing
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.
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.
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460 x 332
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Record
1991/2.73
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"Luxembourg; Joseph Mallord William Turner." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.73/1991_2.73.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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