The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes.

The foggy watercolor sketch of the Venetian lagoon was identified as being by the 19th-century English Romantic painter when ... attributed to the Victorian art critic and artist John Ruskin.

The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes.