© York Art Gallery
Constance
Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: York Art Gallery
Date: 1842
Materials: watercolour & bodycolour with pen & ink over pencil with scratching-out on paper
Dimensions: 30.7 x 46.3cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £13,896 (Total: £60,219; tax remission)
Vendor: Oscar & Peter Johnson Ltd
Review number: 3150 (1985)
Provenance:
John Ruskin; J. Irvine Smith, 1900; R.E.Tatham, 1903; Christie's 1908; bt Agnew & sold to Sir Joseph Beecham; his sale Christie's 1917; bought by Agnew on behalf of Sir Jeremiah Coleman Bt; by descent to present owner.
Description:
This luminous view of Lake Constance is one of ten finished watercolours of Swiss subjects taken from drawings executed on Turner's continental tour in 1841. They were based on studies presented as 'samples' of compositions which he proposed for future commissions to patrons. The present watercolour was indeed commissioned by Ruskin from such a 'sample' study which is now in the Turner Bequest at the British Museum.
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