Luxembourg / Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.73
- Title
- Luxembourg
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1775-1851
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and gouache on blue paper
- 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.
- Primary Keywords
- buildings, historic
- landscape (representation)
- luxembourg (inhabited place)
- valleys (landforms)
- watercolor
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- flanders (former nation/state/empire)
- geographic and political locations
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 460 x 332
- File Size
- 17 KB
- Record
- 1991/2.73
- Link to this Item
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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 April 18, 2024.