Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Details of an Ionic Capital, Column, and Frieze from Hierapolis (now Pamukkale), ca. 1750
- Title:
- Details of an Ionic Capital, Column, and Frieze from Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16 inches (54.4 x 38.5 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 8 inches (31.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "74 | 79"; in brown ink, upper left: "LXXIII."; in black ink, within image: various measurements; in graphite, lower left: "Hierapolis"
watermark: Strasburg lily and "LVG" in monogram (Churchill 406)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.944
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | capitals | columns | entablature | friezes | Greco-Roman | Ionic | putti
- Associated Places:
- Denizli Ili | Ege kiyilari | Hierapolis | Pamukkale | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27021
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