Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Reconstruction of the Second Theatre at Laodicea, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Reconstruction of the Second Theatre at Laodicea
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 13/16 x 20 15/16 inches (37.6 x 53.2 cm), Image: 7 15/16 x 12 5/16 inches (20.1 x 31.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "66 | LVII"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXVI"; in black ink, lower center: labeled scale; in graphite, lower center: "The Scena of the 2d Theatre at Laodicea"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.925
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architectural subject | capitals | columns (architectural elements) | Hellenistic | Phrygian | reconstruction | Rococo | statues | steps | theater | trees
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Denizli Ili | Ege kiyilari | Laodicea | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27006
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Daniel R. McReynolds, Palladio's legacy, architectural polemics in eighteenth-century Venice , no. 5, Marsilio, Venezia, 2011, pp. 90, 92, 93, fig. 49, NJ18.P18 M27 2011 (LC) (HAAS) [ORBIS]
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