- Title:
- View of the Ruins of an Ionic Temple at Sardis, Probably the Temple of Neptune
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm), Image: 8 1/16 x 12 1/2 inches (20.4 x 31.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "9 (crossed out and replaced with '10') | IX."; in brown ink, upper left: "X."; within image: labels A-D; in graphite, lower center: "Ionic Temple at Sardis"; in brown ink, lower center: "View of the ruins of a Ionik temple of Sardis taken from the 44" [...] of the Gendus behind"; on back, center left: "e"; on back, center right: "N. IV"
watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with "WR" [Wendelin Riehel of Basle] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.959
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | columns | Hellenistic | hills | Ionic | landscape | Lydian | mountains | Roman | ruins | temple | views
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Manisa Ili | Sardis | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27037
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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