Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge, ca. 1750
- Title:
- View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 37.9 cm), Image: 12 1/2 x 8 1/16 inches (31.7 x 20.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "8 | V"; in brown ink, upper left: "XIII."; in graphite, center left: "[...] | VI."; in brown ink, center right: "Fig. 2. | Fig. 1"; in graphite, lower left: "Bridge over Betolos(?)"; in brown ink, on back, lower center: "VIII"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.958
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bridge (built work) | columns | hills | landscape | Lydian | mountains | Persian | Roman | ruins | trees | valley
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Manisa Ili | Sardis | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27036
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Twenty-Five Years of Discovery at Sardis (Harvard Art Museums, 1983-11-03 - 1983-12-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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