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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Upper Image: Sepolcri Dei Re Di Giuda; Lower Image: Villagio di S. Giovanni in Giudea, ca. 1750
- Title:
Upper Image: Sepolcri Dei Re Di Giuda; Lower Image: Villagio di S. Giovanni in Giudea
- Additional Title(s):
Tombs of the Kings and Ein Karem
Unidentified Tomb of a King in Judea & Convent and Church of St. John at 'Ain Karim
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 7/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.5 x 38 cm), Image: 14 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (36.5 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "130"; in brown ink, upper left: "CXIX."; upper center: "SEPOLCRI DEI RE DI GIVDA"; within upper image: labels A-G; within lower image: labels A-D; lower center: "VILLAGIO DI S. GIOVANNI IN GIVDEA"
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:
- B1977.14.977
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | church | dome | landscape | mountains | scale (rule) | site plan | tomb | trees | village
- Associated Places:
- Ein Karem | Israel | Jerusalem | Sheikh Jarrah | Tombs of the Kings | Yerushalayim, Mehoz
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27055
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