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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre, ca. 1750
- Title:
Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm), Image: 8 1/16 x 12 1/2 inches (20.5 x 31.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "XVIII."; in black ink, within image: labels A-F; in graphite, lower center: "Amphitheatre 1/2 a mile from Pergamus."
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.932
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- amphitheater | ancient Greek | arches | architectural subject | capitals | columns (architectural elements) | landscape | ruins
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Izmir Ili | Pergamon | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13566
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