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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Details of a Corinthian Order at Geramo, ca. 1750
- Title:
Details of a Corinthian Order at Geramo
- 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 3/4 inches (54 x 37.5 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches (31.4 x 20.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "91 | 84"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXXVIII"; in black ink, within image: measurements and scale; in graphite, lower center: "Members of a Corn. Temple suppd. of Sculpture at Geramo"; in brown ink, lower center: "at Geramo where I copyd an inscription beginning MA?PI SEMICTOKAHC [...]"
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.953
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | capitals | columns | Corinthian order | entablature | moldings | piers (foundation components)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27031
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