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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Ephesus, Probably that of Hadrian, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Ephesus, Probably that of Hadrian
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: Sketch of a Frieze and Stadium at Ephesus
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches (54 x 38.4 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: "49 | XXXIII"; in brown ink, upper left: "XLIX."; within image: labels A-D; in black ink, within image: various measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Plan and a Capital of the Pilaster of the Corinthian Temple at Ephesus"
watermark: Strasburg lily (Churchill 407 or 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.938
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | architectural subject | capitals | columns | Corinthian order | friezes | scale (rule) | temple
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Ephesus | Izmir Ili | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27017
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