‘Evocative’ painting by JMW Turner expected to fetch up to £600,000 at auction

The Lauerzersee With The Ruins Of Schwanau And The Mythen is to go under the hammer (Christie’s/PA) -

A “luminous” painting by JMW Turner of the Swiss landscape is expected to be sold for up to £600,000 at an upcoming Christie’s auction.

Since the British artist’s death in 1851, the watercolours from his final tours of Switzerland have become some of his most celebrated and highly prized works on paper.