Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian
Title:
Plan and View of the Third Theater at Laodicea
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 7/8 inches (54.1 x 37.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "67 | LVIII"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXVII."; in brown ink, within upper image: labels A-C; in black ink, within lower image; measurements and scale; in graphite, lower center: "Plan and View of the Great Theatre at Laodicea"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.1017
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arches | theater | columns | ruins | architectural subject | amphitheater | site plan | scale (rule)
Associated Places:
Ege kiyilari | Turkey | Asia | Laodicea | 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.90-91, fig. 48, NJ18.P18 M27 2011 (LC) (HAAS)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27096