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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Napolosa in Samaria, ca. 1750
- Title:
Napolosa in Samaria
- Additional Title(s):
View of the City of Nablus (Also Called Nabulus), Site of Biblical Shechem and Roman Neapolis
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 1/2 inches (38.3 x 54.6 cm), Image: 9 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches (23.5 x 36.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "123"; in brown ink, upper left: "CXII."; within image: labels A-B; lower center: "NAPOLOSA IN SAMARIA"
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "Borra Archus. Del."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.967
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | cityscape | domes | hills | landscape | mountains | trees
- Associated Places:
- Ad Daffah al Gharbiyah | Israel | Nablus | Palestine | Samaria
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27045
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