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Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen

William Turner - Site 05: Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen
Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen (Watercolour, 1817) ©Wikimedia Commons/public domain
  • William Turner - Site 05: Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen
  • Just outside Boppard; Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen
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Just outside Boppard; Looking towards Osterspai and Filsen

On this day, Turner takes the ferry back accross the Rhine and walks as far as St. Goar. Just before he reaches the town of Boppard he looks back at the sweeping bend in the Rhine. The play of light with the rainbow makes this watercolour one of the most charming depictions amongst his series of Middle Rhine views. This watercolour (along with 35 other views) was originally intended for the publisher W.B. Cooke, who subsequently decided against the project. This did not prevent Turner from working up the sketches into watercolours nonetheless.


Watercolour, 1817
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 217 x 327 mm
Collection: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University; 1972.59, Purchased with funds given by Josephine Grant McCreery in memory of her parents, Joseph and Edith Grant; Turner Worldwide
Reference: TW1310; Wilton 674

Tips

Bopparder Hamm Riesling. They have been growing wine here on the Rhine’s largest horseshoe bend since the 7th century.

Installation complete
Directions

Address: Peternacher Weg, Boppard

Site: in a small bulge of the Rheinradweg cycle route – downstream from the bus stop

Public Transport: »Bopparder Hamm« bus stop: approx. 3 min. walk

By bike: Rheinradweg cycle route – no detour necessary

Parking: Parking available in the Peternacher Tal