Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian
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)
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 | reconstruction | Hellenistic | columns (architectural elements) | capitals | theater | Phrygian | architectural subject | statues | trees | Rococo | steps
Associated Places:
Asia | Laodicea | Ege kiyilari | Turkey | Denizli Ili
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27006