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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Remains of an Ionic Order and Circus at Aphrodisias, ca. 1750
- Title:
Remains of an Ionic Order and Circus at Aphrodisias
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 11/16 inches (54 x 37.3 cm), Image: 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (31.1 x 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "80 | LXVII"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXIV"; in black ink, within image: scale and measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Remains of the Ionic Order & Circus of Aphrodisias"
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.948
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | architectural subject | capitals | circus (Roman arena) | columns | Ionic order | moldings
- Associated Places:
- Aphrodisias | Asia | Marmara | Sakarya | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27026
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