Temple of the Tiburtine Sybil, from "Roman Ruins"

An etched view of a ruined round temple with a domed interior and a tall fluted column at its front, set on a rubble mound. A square tower and low buildings stand at left, and a broken wall frames the scene. Fine hatched lines model the stonework and the sunlit ground.

Look closer: A small figure stands inside the temple's dark archway.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1650

Medium

Etching; second state of two

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3998 × 2629 px

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