Etching of Roman ruins on a hill with trees, a stone building, and small robed figures on a path in the foreground.

Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars, Rome

An etching showing crumbling Roman ruins on a wooded hill, with brick walls and arched openings rising above trees. In the foreground, figures in robes walk along a path while others sit near the lower right, beside a low stone building. The engraved caption reads Ruine del Palazzo de Cesari in Roma.

Artist: Joseph Anton Koch
Date: 1810
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1341 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1810).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

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