COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
TFC_.Turner.14-1-119
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TFC_.Turner.14-1-119
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
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Turner, Joseph Mallord William
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Creator Nationality:
European; British
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European; British
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
1775-1851
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1775-1851
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Title:
Cologne: The Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening
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Cologne: The Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening
Title
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1826
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1826
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1826
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1826
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Creation End Date:
1826
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1826
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Materials and Techniques:
oil, and possibly watercolor, on canvas (lined)
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oil, and possibly watercolor, on canvas (lined)
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Dimensions:
66 3/8 x 88 1/4 in. (168.6 x 224.1 cm.)
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66 3/8 x 88 1/4 in. (168.6 x 224.1 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
The Frick Collection
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The Frick Collection
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
14.1.119
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14.1.119
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Credit Line:
Purchased
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Purchased
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.frick.org"target="_new">http://www.frick.org</a>
Rights
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Context:
The composition is based on sketches Turner made while touring the Rhine in 1817 and again in 1825. Among the discernible structures are, from the foreground back: the Kostgassepforte gate before the Frankenturm; the sixteenth-century Bollwerk and the archway over the entrance to the Zollstrasse; the Stapelhaus; and the church of Gross St. Martin. Turner achieved the high-keyed color and transparency of watercolor painting in this monumental canvas, and it is possible that he did combine the media of oiland watercolor, as suggested in a letter in which he warned his father: "you must not by any means wet it, for all the colour will come off." A questionable story associated with the painting was recorded by Ruskin, who described how Turner quixotically covered the golden sky with a wash of lampblack at the start of the Royal Academy exhibition of 1826 in order not to detract from two portraits by Lawrence that hung to either side of it. A contemporary reference to the painting's "glitter and gaud" castsdoubt on this anecdote.
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The composition is based on sketches Turner made while touring the Rhine in 1817 and again in 1825. Among the discernible structures are, from the foreground back: the Kostgassepforte gate before the Frankenturm; the sixteenth-century Bollwerk and the archway over the entrance to the Zollstrasse; the Stapelhaus; and the church of Gross St. Martin. Turner achieved the high-keyed color and transparency of watercolor painting in this monumental canvas, and it is possible that he did combine the media of oiland watercolor, as suggested in a letter in which he warned his father: "you must not by any means wet it, for all the colour will come off." A questionable story associated with the painting was recorded by Ruskin, who described how Turner quixotically covered the golden sky with a wash of lampblack at the start of the Royal Academy exhibition of 1826 in order not to detract from two portraits by Lawrence that hung to either side of it. A contemporary reference to the painting's "glitter and gaud" castsdoubt on this anecdote.
Context
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Related Document Description:
New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.99 (reproduced in color). New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.126-130, p.127 (reproduced).
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New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.99 (reproduced in color). New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.126-130, p.127 (reproduced).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
TFC_.turner.14-1-119.tif
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TFC_.turner.14-1-119.tif
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