Image of Mont Blanc, from above Courmayeur, c.1810 (pencil, w/c applied in by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851)

Mont Blanc, from above Courmayeur, c.1810 (pencil, w/c applied in washes and with the point...

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Image title: Mont Blanc, from above Courmayeur, c.1810 (pencil, w/c applied in washes and with the point of the brush & bodycolour, with scraping on white wove drawing cartridge paper)
Artist: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) / English
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Location: The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium: pencil, watercolour, applied in washes and with the point of the brush and bodycolour, with scraping on white wove drawing cartridge paper
Date: c. 1810 AD - 1812 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions: 28.2x39.8 cms

Image description: This is one of two watercolours that Turner made from material collected in 1802 while staying in Courmayeur, a remote border outpost at the head of the Val d’Aosta. To enhance the grandeur of the scenery in this view, he radically simplified his busy pencil sketches, smoothing the contours of the mountains and exaggerating their height. Shaded trees and slopes silhouette the light-filled gulley, out of which rises the snow-covered Mont Blanc, its hazy summit creating a feeling of infinite distance.
Photo credit: Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: Alps (mountains) / mountain / art / France / Europe / landscape / Turner Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) / England / United Kingdom / Royal Academician / painting / drawing / dramatic / landscape / French / mountain / mountainous / hazy / distant / distance / settlement / rural / river / Mont Blanc / courmayeur / rivers / mountains / landscapes / figures / field / alps

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