Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, The Basilica at Pergamon, ca. 1750
- Title:
The Basilica at Pergamon
- Additional Title(s):
Kizil Avlu, the Central Hall, at Pergamon
The Red Hall at Pergamon
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.5 x 53.9 cm) and Image: 8 1/16 x 12 7/16 inches (20.5 x 31.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "XVII"; in graphite, upper left: "17"; lower center: "View of the remains of a Church in Pergamus"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.933
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | arches | architectural subject | basilica | columns | domes | Hellenistic | mountains | pillars | ruins | trees
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Izmir Ili | Pergamon | Turkey
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13567
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Paul Mellon's Legacy, a passion for British art. [large print labels] , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 +P381 2007, Mellon Shelf (YCBA)
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