View of the Campidoglio with the Statue of Marcus Aurelius

A large open door frames a view across a sunlit piazza toward a equestrian bronze statue on a pedestal, flanked by classical columns and a palace facade. In the foreground a woman balances a bundle on her head while a figure sits on the stone step, and small figures move through the square.

Look closer: A small dark figure walks near the base of the statue in the distant square.

Artist

Hubert Robert

Date

1762

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor over red chalk counterproof.

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3093 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975