Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Sepolcro di Zagaria, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Sepolcro di Zagaria
- Additional Title(s):
- Tomb of Zacharias in Jerusalem
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 inches (54.5 x 38.1 cm), Image: 14 5/16 x 9 1/4 inches (36.4 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "129 | CXVIII."; in black ink, within image: scale; in brown ink, lower center: "SEPOLCRO DI ZACARIA"
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:
- B1977.14.978
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | columns | elevation (drawing) | monument | pediment | pilasters | scale (rule) | tomb
- Associated Places:
- Israel | Jerusalem | Kidron Valley | Tomb of Zechariah | Yerushalayim, Mehoz
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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