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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden, ca. 1750
- Title:
View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden
- Additional Title(s):
Ancient Roman Theater at Aizanoi
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm), Image: 9 5/16 x 14 7/16 inches (23.6 x 36.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "132"; in brown ink, upper left: "CXX."; in black ink, lower center: "SALOMONIS FONTES PROPE' TJRUM"
watermark: "IHS" in monogram, with a cross extending from the "H" and beneath it, "I VILLEDARY" (Churchill 411)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.976
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architectural subject | colonnades | columns | landscape | mountains | Roman | ruins | stream | theater | trees
- Associated Places:
- Aizanoi | Asia | Ege kiyilari | Kutahya Ili | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27054
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