Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Door in the Corinthian Order from Aphrodisias (now Geyve), ca. 1750
- Title:
- Door in the Corinthian Order from Aphrodisias (now Geyve)
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 3/8 x 15 1/16 inches (54.3 x 38.2 cm), Image: 12 5/16 x 7 13/16 inches (31.3 x 19.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "75 | LXVI"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXVI."; in black ink, within image: various measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Door of the Corinthian order at Aphrodisias"
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:
- B1977.14.945
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | Corinthian order | door | entablature | friezes | moldings | Roman
- Associated Places:
- Aphrodisias | Asia | Marmara | Sakarya | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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