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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 8 1/16 inches (31.5 x 20.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "13"; in brown ink, upper left: "XII. (crossed out and replaced in graphite with '11')"; within image: labels A-B and Fig. 1-Fig. 3"; in black ink, within image: scale; in graphite, lower center: "Three Plans of Ruins at Sardis"
watermark: "V"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.923
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bushes | landscape | mariners' compasses | ruins | scale (rule) | site plan
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Manisa Ili | Sardis | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27004
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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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