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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of the Modern City of Pergamon, ca. 1750
- Title:
View of the Modern City of Pergamon
- Additional Title(s):
Veduta di Pergamo nell' Asia Minore verso Mezzogiorno
Mezzogiorno
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 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 graphite, upper left: "15 | 13"; in brown ink, upper left: "XV. (crossed out)"; in black ink, lower center: "VEDVTA DI PERGAMO NELL' ASIA MINORE VERSO MEZZOGIORNO"; in black ink, within image: labels A-D; in brown ink, on back, center left: "IX"
watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with "WR" [Wendelin Riehel of Basle] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.931
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | architectural subject | basilicas | buildings | cityscape | columns | fences | hills | landscape | mountains | rivers | ruins | spires | trees
- 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:27013
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