The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain

c. 1834

Medium	watercolor and gouache with graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 14 cm) Sheet: 8 x 6 3/16 in. (20.3 x 15.7 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.114
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain, c. 1834, watercolor and gouache with graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.114

Select Bibliography

Omer, Mordechai. Turner: Die Landschaften der Bibel. Bayreuth: Gondrom Verlag, 1985. Piggott, Jan. Turner's Vignettes. London: Tate Publishing. 1993. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Leggatt Brothers, Ltd. Turner 1775-1851. October 14-November 4, 1960. London: Leggatt Brothers, Ltd. 1960. Omer, Mordechai. Turner and the Poets: Engravings and Watercolours from His Later Period. Exhibition catalogue. London: Greater London Council, 1975. Armstrong, Sir Walter. Turner. 2 volumes. London: T. Agnew; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Leggatt Brothers, Ltd. Fison Collection Exhibit. London: :Eggatt Brothers, Ltd., January 1954. Rawlinson, W.G. The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 2 vols. London: MacMillan & Co., 1913. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

The artist, commissioned by Sir Egerton Brydges; Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, sale, Christie’s, London, 2 June 1877, no. 29, sold to Agnew’s; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, 1877–1882, possibly sold to Hollingsworth]; A. T. Hollingsworth, sale, Christie’s, London, 11 Mar. 1882, no. 74, possibly sold to Clements; possibly Clements (in 1882); George Gurney (by Mar. 1883); S. Sandars; H. L. Fison (in or by 1934, sale, Christie’s, London, 6 Nov. 1959, no. 2, sold to Leggatt Brothers Gallery, as agent for Manton); Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1959–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.