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Watercolour, 'Lauerzersee with the Mythens', by J. M. W. Turner

Turner made sketching tours in Britain and Europe every summer. He visited Switzerland several times. This watercolour has also been called Lake of Brienz. Turner painted it in his studio, using a smaller watercolour in a sketchbook he used in Switzerland in 1843 and his extraordinary memory for reference.This is one of the Swiss watercolours Turner painted late in his career. These paintings, together with his late works in oil, represent the climax of Turner's career. The apparently careless way in which Turner applied the paint hides the fact that these pictures are carefully thought out.