J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View West over the Salzach towards the Watzmann and Untersberg (Continued in Sky) 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View West over the Salzach towards the Watzmann and Untersberg (Continued in Sky)’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
View West over the Salzach towards the Watzmann and Untersberg (Continued in Sky) 1833
D30152
Turner Bequest CCC 12
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 99 x 159 mm
Partial watermark ‘J’
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘12’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this sketch Turner depicts the Salzach valley looking west towards the Watzmann, the mountain with a jagged almost horn-like appearance, and the Untersberg at centre. A long boat manned by two figures can be seen on the Salzach in the foreground at right. The view continues in the sky above.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘View West over the Salzach towards the Watzmann and Untersberg (Continued in Sky) 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-view-west-over-the-salzach-towards-the-watzmann-and-r1203285, accessed 22 July 2024.