A Reconstruction of the Arch of Gallienus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)
Jan Goeree
before 1704
Medium
Red chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Note: A square of paper (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.) is affixed along left margin to the drawing on top of the head of the man at the far left in order to change the position of his head from looking downwards to straight ahead.
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 8 13/64 in. (33.3 x 20.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Helen and János Scholz, 1958
Accession Number
58.648.2(31)
Tags
ArchesRuinsMen
About the Artist
Jan Goeree · 1670–1731
Comment on works: Painter; Draughtsman; Engraver; History; Subjects in landscapes