Ruins of a Round Building, from "Roman Ruins"

An etched view of a ruined round building, its cylindrical wall pierced by rows of small square openings and broken away on the right to show the interior. A small figure stands in the arched doorway at the base, beside a flat-roofed structure, a leafy slope, and a dirt path under open sky.

Look closer: A small figure stands in the arched doorway at the base of the ruin.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1673

Medium

Etching, first state of three

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3245 × 2170 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011