Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Plan of the Circus and Details of Capitals and Other Ornaments from Laodicea, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Plan of the Circus and Details of Capitals and Other Ornaments from Laodicea
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 38 cm), Image: 12 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches (31.3 x 20.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "67 (crossed out and replaced with '68') | LIX | 39"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXIII."; in brown ink, within image: labels A-D; in black ink, within image: measurements; in graphite, lower center: "[...] of the 3d great Theatre of the Corinthian order | & the Circus of Laodicea"
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:
- B1977.14.988
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | capitals | circus (Roman arena) | columns | Corinthian order | entablatures | Lydian | moldings | site plan | theater
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Denizli Ili | Ege kiyilari | Laodicea | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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