The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Al

A pen-and-brown-ink drawing of a walled city spread across hills above a harbor, with small ships near the shore and a winding road climbing the slopes. Rocky outcrops and trees frame the foreground, and a faint inscription appears at the lower left.

Look closer: A small inscription, apparently reading ALESAN or similar, is written along the bottom edge.

Artist

Sangallo family

Date

1530–45

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2683 × 3878 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008