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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Monte delle Beatitudini, ca. 1750
- Title:
Monte delle Beatitudini
- Additional Title(s):
Mount of Beatitudes
View of a Holy Mountain, Probably Mount Carmel
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (38 x 54.5 cm), Image: 9 5/16 x 14 7/16 inches (23.7 x 36.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "122"; in brown ink, upper left: "CX."; within image: labels A-C; lower center: "MONTE DELLE BEATITUDINI"
watermark: Strasburg lily with "VDL" [Van der Ley] in monogram
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:
- B1977.14.969
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | coastline | hills | lake | landscape | mountain | trees
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Hefa, Mehoz | Israel | Mount Carmel | Sea of Galilee
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27047
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