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Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Title:
Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (54 x 37.9 cm), Image: 12 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches (31.3 x 20.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "78 | LXIV"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXI."; within image: labels A-E and measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias"; in brown ink, on back, upper center: "35"

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:
B1977.14.947
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | capitals | columns | festoons | friezes | Ionic | Roman | ruins | scale (rule) | temple
Associated Places:
Aphrodisias | Asia | Marmara | Sakarya | Turkey
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27024
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