Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]

Hans Vredeman de Vries, ca. 1594–96

Artist

Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))

Date

ca. 1594–96

Medium

Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass marks

Size

Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 9/16 in. (28.8 × 42 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed