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Brown ink and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with sarcophagi along the left, arches receding to a niche, and small figures near a pedestal.

A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

A brown ink and wash drawing of a vaulted basement hall lined with ancient Roman sarcophagi carved with reliefs. Arched bays recede toward a tomb-like niche, and small figures stand near a pedestal at the right, lit from an open arch.

Artist
Gustav Friedrich Hetsch
Date
c. 1820
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and various brown washes on ivory wove paper, edge-mounted to an ivory laid paper inlay
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1277 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Suzanne Lord Folds Endowment Fund

Español: Vista de San Lorenzo Extramuros, Roma

Dibujo en tinta y aguada marrón de una sala abovedada con sarcófagos romanos antiguos decorados con relieves. Los arcos se alejan hacia un nicho similar a una tumba, y pequeñas figuras aparecen junto a un pedestal a la derecha, iluminadas desde un arco abierto.

Português: Vista de San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Roma

Desenho em tinta marrom e aguada de um salão abobadado com sarcófagos romanos antigos decorados com relevos. Os arcos se afastam em direção a um nicho semelhante a um túmulo, e pequenas figuras aparecem perto de um pedestal à direita, iluminadas por um arco aberto.

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