Engraved perspective of a grand arched hall with a stepped oval fountain court, colonnades and sculpted niches on both sides.

Great Hall within the Villa of Pope Julius, from "Speculum Romanae Mag

An engraved architectural perspective of a monumental hall seen from above. A raised oval basin with a balustrade and a circular pavement pattern fills the foreground, with a stair leading up to a central portal and two tiers of columns, arches and niches along the back and side walls. The fine, even hatching gives the space a precise, measured clarity.

Look closer: A small monogram or inscription appears at the lower right edge of the sheet.

Artist: Anonymous
Date: 16th century
Medium: Engraving
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 3487 × 2635 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941

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