Palati maioris (Palatine Palace, Rome), from "Roman Ruins"

An etching of ruined brick walls and a broken vaulted arch, overgrown with shrubs and grasses. A small figure stands within the dim archway at center left, while broken masonry and a distant ruin fill the right side under an open sky. The fine parallel hatching gives the stonework texture and depth.

Look closer: Small signature and date inscription in the lower right corner, reading 'W. Hollar fecit 1650'.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1650

Medium

Etching; second state of two

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3962 × 2584 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917