The Great Hall within the Farnese Palace, from "Speculum Romanae Magni

An engraved view of a grand palace interior with a double staircase descending into an oval well, flanked by curving galleries and framed by an arcaded loggia above. Painted panels line the walls, and small figures stroll along the balustrades, with a signature in the lower left corner.

Look closer: A signature and date, reading Paulo Graziani formis Romae 1582, are engraved along the bottom edge.

Artist

Anonymous

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Engraving and etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3495 × 2602 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941