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View of Lucerne, 1840/41. Watercolor, with scraping on white wove paper.
Pale blue and green washes blur the boundary between water and sky. A bridge and distant buildings stretch across the middle, while a small boat and its occupants provide a dark foreground accent.
Watercolor, with scraping on white wove paper · 23.3 × 29.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- View of Lucerne
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Date
- 1840/41
- Medium
- Watercolor, with scraping on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 23.3 × 29.2 cm (9 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Miss Margaret Mower in memory of her mother, Mrs. Elsa Durand Mower
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1775–1851
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.