Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Details of a Corinthian Temple on the Acropolis of Pergamon, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Details of a Corinthian Temple on the Acropolis of Pergamon
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 13/16 inches (53.9 x 37.6 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 8 1/16 inches (31.5 x 20.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "XIX."; in graphite, upper left "16"; in brown ink, within image: various measurements; lower center: "Sofitte dell Architraue"; in graphite, lower center: "Mouldings of Corinthean Temple in ruins on ye Castle hill near Pergamus"; in brown ink, on back, upper left: "Bergamo Tempio Corith nella Citadella"; on back, upper center: "7"; on back, lower center: "X"
watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with "WR" [Wendelin Riehel of Basle] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.939
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- acropolis | architectural subject | capital (column component) | columns | Corinthian (architectural style) | entablature | friezes | pediment | temple
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Izmir Ili | Pergamon | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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