Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale), ca. 1750
- 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), Image: 12 5/16 x 7 7/8 inches (31.2 x 20 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"
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:
- B1977.14.987
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- amphitheater | arches | architectural subject | columns | landscape | Lydian | mountains | ruins | scale (rule) | site plan | theater
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Denizli Ili | Ege kiyilari | Pamukkale | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27065
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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) [YCBA]
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