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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias
- 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 (54 x 37.9 cm), Image: 12 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches (31.3 x 20.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "78 | LXIV"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXI."; within image: labels A-E and measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias"; in brown ink, on back, upper center: "35"
watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with "WR" [Wendelin Riehel of Basle] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.947
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | capitals | columns | festoons | friezes | Ionic | Roman | ruins | scale (rule) | temple
- Associated Places:
- Aphrodisias | Asia | Marmara | Sakarya | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27024
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