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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View and Plan of the Grotto of Gethsemene, ca. 1750
- Title:
View and Plan of the Grotto of Gethsemene
- 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 (54.4 x 38 cm), Image: 14 5/16 x 9 1/4 inches (36.3 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "126"; in brown ink, upper left: "CXVI."; within image: labels A-J"; in graphite, lower center: "Grotto of Gethsemane"
watermark: Strasburg lily with "VDL" [Van der Ley] in monogram
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.980
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bushes | cave | chapel | grotto | site plan | trees | views
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Grotto of Gethsemane | Israel | Jerusalem | Yerushalayim, Mehoz
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27058
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