Thermaru diocletiani Ruinae (Baths of Diocletian), from "Roman Ruins"

An etching of the ruined Baths of Diocletian in Rome, showing a large broken arch and vaulted interior halls overgrown with shrubs and weeds. Fine hatched lines model the brickwork and shadows, and a dark archway opens at lower left beside a ruined wall.

Look closer: A tiny inscription reading 'Thermarum Diocletiani Ruinae' runs along the bottom edge.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1651

Medium

Etching; second state of two

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3998 × 2623 px

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