Ruins with Arched Vaults, from "Roman Ruins and Buildings"

An etching of a ruined Roman structure with a row of tall arched openings, their brick piers broken and draped with ivy and wild plants. Small figures rest and gesture in the shadowed foreground, and a dog lies near the right edge.

Look closer: A small dog lies at the lower right, near the reclining figures.

Artist

Johannes van Doetecum I

Date

1562

Medium

Etching and engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2585 × 1870 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008