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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis, ca. 1750
- Title:
View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with gray ink and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 5/16 inches (37.8 x 54.2 cm), Image: 8 1/16 x 12 7/16 inches (20.4 x 31.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "VII."; in graphite, upper left: "6 | IV"; in brown ink, within image: letters A-N labeling ruins and landscape elements; in graphite, lower center: "Heomus?"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.924
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- acropolis | fort | gymnasium | hills | landscape | Lydian | mountains | rivers | Roman | ruins | stadium | temple | theater | valley
- Associated Places:
- Akdeniz kiyisi | Bozdag | Gediz | Hatay Ili | Pactolus | Temple of Artemis | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27005
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