The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Structural Details
Date:
after 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 1/2 inches (22.9 x 36.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, over the plan with various calculations; in graphite, upper left: "Aegina."; in graphite, center, right: "structure of the architrave | at the angle"; in graphite, lower left: "C was lifted into its place | by the usual rope | passed thro the base shoe | at D. & thro the | loop E - the stone F | was raised by the | Le[...]s"; in graphite, lower center: "This stone exhibits the coping of the | Hypethral at opening. the figure B shews | the housing of the covering tile"; in graphite lower right: "A. Dowels in the joints of | stone forming the point of the Pediment cornice"; in graphite, throughout, dimensions given and parts labeled "A" to "F"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.816
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
stone | pediments | temple | Doric | Greek | religious and mythological subject | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Europe | Aegina | Greece | Aíyina
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Archaeology of Architecture - Charles Robert Cockerell in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817 (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-03-23 - 1993-05-23)