Ruins and a barred gate on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, from "Roman Rui

A fine etching of a tall, broken brick structure with arched openings rising above tumbled masonry and overgrown mounds. In the foreground, a low wall runs to a small arched gate with a barred door set in a pilaster, and trees stand at the right. Hatched lines model the stonework and sky.

Look closer: The signature 'Sch. Vrankt delin' and 'W. Hollar fecit 1673' appear in the lower corners.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1673

Medium

Etching; first state of three

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2654 px

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