Pen-and-chalk style sketch of a ruined stone building with arches and broken towers, with small figures and a low shed in the foreground on pale paper.

A Romanesque Ruin

A black chalk and gray wash drawing of a crumbling stone building with arched openings and broken towers rising on the right. Small figures and a low, ruined structure with a tiled roof sit in the foreground on the left, drawn in loose, sketchy strokes across ivory paper.

Artist: Jan van Goyen
Date: 1650–51
Medium: Black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1059 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1651).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Worcester Sketch Fund Income

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