Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian
Title:: View and Plan of the Theater 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: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 38 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "70 | LXI"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXVIII."; in black ink, within image: scale and measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Plan & View of the Theatre of Hierapolis"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.987
Classification:: Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: ruins | arches | mountains | landscape | theater | Lydian | architectural subject | scale (rule) | columns | amphitheater | site plan
Associated Places:: Denizli Ili | Pamukkale | Ege kiyilari | Turkey | Asia
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Publications:: 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 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27065