View of the Theater and Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black and brown ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (54 x 38 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "9"; in brown ink, upper left: "VIII [crossed out and replaced in graphite with '7']"; in graphite, upper center: "View of the Theatre at Sardis"; in brown ink, center left: "VIIII."; within both upper and lower images: labels A-E and various measurements; in black ink, lower center: "scale"; in graphite, lower centerL "Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis"; in brown ink, on back, lower center: "the pillars mark'd black are standing or in ye view those mark'd with lines not so black just appear above ground | and those dotted are supposed | NIII"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ege kiyilari | Turkey | Asia | Sardis | Manisa Ili
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008-08-07 - 2008-10-27)The City of Sardis : Approaches in Graphic Recording (Harvard Art Museums, 2003-08-23 - 2003-11-30)Twenty-Five Years of Discovery at Sardis (Harvard Art Museums, 1983-11-03 - 1983-12-18)