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On the Rhine: the Katz
The Katz, on the Rhine
On the Rhine: the Katz
Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
about 1844
Medium/Technique
Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite; graphite sketches on the verso
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.5 x 24.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.124
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Wilton 1332
DescriptionPink and dull-orange cliffs rise from the pale purple river. Suggestions of castle towers on either side. Gray sky. The Katz, to the right, is a mediaeval castle erected 1393, partly pulled down 1806, near St. Goarhausen; facing it, left, is Rheinfels Castle, near St. Goar. The drawing is possibly connected with an agreement of 1819, never carried out, for Turner to make 36 drawings of the Rhine between Mainz and Cologne, to be engraved and published serially.
Signed
not signed
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross (1853-1935, Boston); gift to MFA, March 8, 1906.