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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of the Valley of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale), ca. 1750
- Title:
- View of the Valley of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 3/8 inches (38.2 x 54.3 cm), Image: 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (23.2 x 35.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "69"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXII (crossed out and replaced in graphite with '65')"; lower center: "HIERAPOLI DI FRIGGIA"
watermark: Strasburg lily with "VDL" [Van der Ley] in monogram
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "Borra Archus. Del."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.943
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | Greco-Roman | landscape | mountains | river | trees | valley
- Associated Places:
- Denizli Ili | Ege kiyilari | Hierapolis | Pamukkale | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27020
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