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St Goarshausen and Katz Castle

Maker

(artist)
1775-1851

Title

Date of Production

1817

Medium

graphite, watercolour (applied in washes and with the point of a brush), bodycolour, with scraping on grey-prepared wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 30.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1974.STC.10

Mode of Acquisition

Jeanne Courtauld, gift, in memory of Sir Stephen Courtauld, 1974

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This watercolour belongs to the series of fifty views of the Rhine between Mainz and Cologne that were inspired by Turner’s second continental tour in 1817 and were bought by Walter Fawkes. The scenic river, bordered by cliffs and castles, provided Turner with many appealing features. Beyond the heavily shaded promontory, the eye is drawn to the opposite slopes on which stands Burg Katz, its dramatic silhouette bathed in warm evening sunlight. The use of paper tinted with grey wash allowed Turner to intensify the shadows, further enhancing the sombre beauty of the scene.

Provenance

friend and patron of the artist, Walter Fawkes, Farnley Hall (1769-1825); by descent to Reverend Ayscough Fawkes, Farnley Hall (ca. 1806-1871); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 27 June 1890, lot 10; purchased there by J & W Vokins (London); their sale, Christie's (London), 20 March 1896, lot 178; purchased there by G.R. Burnett; his sale, Christie's (London), 21 March 1908, lot 27; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by William George Rawlinson (1840-1928), 1908; Captain T.A. Tatton; his sale, Christie's (London), 12 - 14 December 1928, lot 16; Alexander Joseph Finberg (1866-1939); Cotswold Gallery (London), 1930; Sir Stephen Courtauld (1886-1937); by descent to Jeanne Courtauld, 1972; presented by Jeanne Courtauld in memory of Stephen Courtauld, 1974

Exhibition History

A Dialogue with Nature: Romantic Landscapes from Britain and Germany, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/01/2014-27/04/2014

Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009

Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008 ...More

J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998

Turner in Germany, London & England, 23/05/1995-10/09/1995

English Travellers in Romantic Germany, Goethe Institute, London, 08/10/1994-05/11/1994

Vom Zauber des Rheins ergriffen: zur Entdeckung der Rheinlandschaft vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert, Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz and Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 10/09/1992-29/11/1992

J.M.W. Turner. Koln und der Rhein. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Skizzenbucher, Stiche, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 11/10/1980-30/11/1980

Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977

Turner 1775-1851, Royal Academy, London, 16/11/1974-02/03/1975

Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner from the Sir Stephen Courtauld
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974

Centenary loan exhibition of water-colour drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1951

Exhibition of water-colour drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1913

Exhibition of works by old masters and by deceased masters of the British school; including a special selection from the works of Frank Holl: and a collection of water-colour drawings by Joseph M. W. Turner. Winter exhibition, twentieth year., Royal Academy, London, 1889 ...Less

Literature

Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 15
ill. on p. 91

J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998

J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 17
ill. on p. 107 ...More

William Turner in Deutschland / Turner in Germany, Tate Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1995-1996 Munich 1995
no. 12

Morrell, Mary Tussey, J.M.W. Turner's working methods in his 1817 series of 51 Rhenish drawings, Stanford University, Ph.D. Thesis, August 1993
p. 211

Vom Zauber des Rheins Ergriffen..., Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1992
no. 222
ill.

Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 7 (Turner)

Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 645
ill.

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 28

Kitson, Michael, Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner: Turner watercolours from the collection of Stephen Courtauld, London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1974
no. 7

Rawlinson, W.G. and Alexander Joseph Finberg, The Watercolours of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1909
pl. X

Armstrong, Sir Walter, Turner, London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1902
p. 255 ...Less

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