JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER
The Brenva Glacier from Notre Dame de la Guerison, above Courmayeur, Val d'Aosta, 1836
Watercolour with scratching out
19 x 30.2 cm;
7 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.
7 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.
Further images
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of John Edward Taylor (1872-1912?);
Possibly Christie's, London, 5 July 1912, lot 86 (sold for 350gns);
Private collection, UK;
with Agnew's, London by 1999;
Private collection.
Exhibitions
London, Agnew's Gallery, English Watercolours and Drawings, 1999, no. 57, illustrated in colour, as
'A Glacier in the Alps'.
Aosta, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Joseph Mallord William Turner: Le Mont-Blanc et la Vallée
d'Aoste, 2000, no. 28, illustrated in colour, as 'The Brenva Glacier from Notre Dame de la Guerison,
above Courmayeur, Val d'Aosta, 1836'.
Literature
D. Hill, Joseph Mallord William Turner: Le Mont-Blanc et La Vallé d’Aoste, exh. cat., Museo
Archeologico Regionale Aosta 2000, p. 151 and p. 277, no. 28.