Details of the Corinthian Order at the Third Theater of Laodicea and Plan of the Circus at Laodicea
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 13/16 inches (53.9 x 37.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "64 | LV"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXII."; within image: labels A-H, measurements, scale; in graphite, lower center: "Laodicea"; in brown ink, on back, upper center: "18"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.990
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | site plan | theater | friezes | columns | ornament | moldings | Corinthian order | capitals | amphitheater | circus (Roman arena)
Associated Places:
Asia | Turkey | Ege kiyilari | Laodicea | Denizli Ili
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Daniel R. McReynolds, Palladio's legacy, architectural polemics in eighteenth-century Venice , no. 5, Marsilio, Venezia, 2011, pp. 90-91, fig. 47, NJ18.P18 M27 2011 (LC) (HAAS)