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Book page with pottery fragment drawings and a photograph of a stone cliff-dwelling interior, Mesa Verde.

Gezicht op een ruïne van een rotswoning in Mesa Verde National Park

Gustaf Nordenskiöld, 1891

Etching of a village street shaded by tall trees, with a horse carriage, pedestrians, and a church spire in the distance.

Gezicht op Rijswijk

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1761

Two etched views of the Rosersberg palace and its formal garden with parterres, arcades, and strolling figures.

Gezicht op slot Rosersberg en de tuin vanuit het zuiden en het uitzicht op de tuin aan de noordzijde

Willem Swidde, 1696

Engraved print of a long formal canal lined with clipped hedges, a pavilion and palace, with a lower panel of arches and figu

Gezicht op de gracht van slot Rosersberg

Willem Swidde, 1696

Engraved view of a large manor house with formal gardens, clipped trees, strolling figures and a coat of arms above.

Gezicht op landgoed Sköldnora

Willem Swidde, 1696

Etching of a ruined thatched cottage beside trees, with a figure and dog crossing a small wooden bridge at right.

The Little Bridge (Le Petit Pont)

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Etching of the Ponte Rotto bridge over the Tiber with a round temple, bell tower, and ancient ruins on the hill beyond.

Plate 14: Senatorial Bridge, today called the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna V…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of a formal garden with a large central tree, a fountain parterre, a church spire, and figures playing games.

View of a Garden

Pencil drawing of a calm waterway with a rowboat of figures, a sailing ship, and a distant town skyline under clouds.

Gezicht op het IJ

Everhardus Koster, 1827

Pencil sketch of a harbor with a sailing boat, moored barges, old buildings and a church tower beside the water.

Gezicht op de Schreiershoek

Anthonie van Teijn, 1926

Grey wash drawing of a tower beside a drawbridge across water, with wooden piles in the foreground and a seated figure.

Gezicht op de Schreierstoren vanaf het IJ

Everhardus Koster, 1849

Pencil drawing of sailing boats and a rowboat on calm water with a hazy city skyline in the distance.

Gezicht op het IJ met schepen

Everhardus Koster, 1855

Pen and wash drawing of Rome's skyline with a large dome, cypress trees, a classical doorway and stone steps at right.

A View of Rome from Santa Maria del Priorato

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Etching of a multi-arched Roman stone bridge over a river, with small boats and figures on the bank and a distant town.

Plate 16: The Bridge at Rimini built by the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius (Ponte di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto e d…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Engraved view of a market square with a large church tower, gabled houses, a carriage and strolling townspeople.

Gezicht op de markt en de Grote Kerk te Bergen op Zoom

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1786

Pen drawing of a multi-story palace with gabled roofs and a spire, with horsemen, dogs and carriages in the foreground.

Gezicht op het Hof van Brussel

Gillis Neyts, 1662

Pen drawing of a village by a waterway with sailing boats, riders, a horse-drawn cart and figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op het dorp Harlebeeck

Gillis Neyts, 1665

Woodcut of a room with a table set with tea things, a chair, and windows showing rooftops and a church tower outside.

Gezicht op Blaricum

Pieter Willem van Baarsel, 1889

Etching of the ruined Arch of Galienus in Rome with figures walking among the weathered stone arch and nearby buildings.

Arch of Galienus. 1. Façade od the Church of S. Vito (Arco di Galieno. 1. Facciata della Chiesa di S. Vito), from "Al…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of a triumphal arch beside a harbor quay with ships' masts, figures, and a distant domed church.

Plate 28: Arch of Trajan in Ancona (Arco di Trajano in Ancona), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monum…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the ruined Tomb of the Curiatii at Albano, with overgrown towers, a bare tree and figures near an inscribed stone.

Plate 27: Tomb of the three Curiatii brothers in Albano (Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano), from "Alcune…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of an overgrown ancient temple with columns and ruined arches in the foreground, under a cloudy sky.

Plate 26: Temple of Clitumnus between Foligno and Spoleto... (Tempio di Clitumno tra Fuligno e Spoletti...), from "Al…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of an ancient amphitheater interior with curved tiered seating, arched arcades, and small figures on the arena floor.

Plate 25: Amphitheater of Verona (Anfiteatro di Verona), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti in…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of a ruined Roman triumphal arch with small figures and overgrown walls, by Piranesi, ca. 1750.

Plate 24: Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate (Arco di Pola in Istria vicino alla Porta), from "Alcune Vedute di Arc…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of the Pola amphitheater in Istria with tiered arches beside the sea, with boats and figures in the foreground.

Plate 23: Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the sea (Anfiteatro di Pola in Istria vicino al mare), from "Alcune Ved…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of a ruined classical temple rear facade with overgrown plants, a smaller building, and figures among trees.

Plate 22: Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear View of another temple. (Rovescio del Tempio di Pola di…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the ruined Temple of Pola with Corinthian columns, a pediment, overgrown vegetation and small figures among the ru

Plate 21: Temple of Pola in Istria (Tempio di Pola in Istria), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monume…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the circular Tomb of Caecilia Metella in Rome with an inscribed panel, a ruined arch at right, and figures among t

Plate 20: Tomb of Caecilia Metella called the Capo di Bove (Ox Head) (Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove), from "A…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the curved ruined wall of the Tomb of the Scipios in Rome, overgrown with plants, with figures among stone fragmen

Plate 18: The Tomb of the Scipios (Sepolcro della famiglia de' Scipioni), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed a…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of a ruined Roman triumphal arch overgrown with ivy, with a fallen inscribed block and small figures in the street.

Plate 17: The Arch of Rimini built by Augustus (Arco di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi T…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748