Recto: The Houses of the Barbarians (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, nos. 3, 4); Verso: The Aeropagus in Athens with Cave Houses (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, no. 5).

Recto: The Houses of the Barbarians (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, nos. 3, 4); Verso: The Aeropagus in Athens with Cave Houses (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, no. 5).

Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family, Original Treatise Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

1530 - 1545 Drawing

2008.105.5

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Find similar Show on map

About this artwork

Similar artworks

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 4 with the Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Lateran Palace.

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 4 with the Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Lateran Palace.

Antonio Tempesta, Giovanni Domenico de Rossi, Cardinal Camillo Pamphili

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 5 with the Baths of Caracalla, the Santa Sabina and Part of the Tiber

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 5 with the Baths of Caracalla, the Santa Sabina and Part of the Tiber

Antonio Tempesta, Giovanni Domenico de Rossi, Cardinal Camillo Pamphili

View of Jerusalem with the Temple of Solomon

View of Jerusalem with the Temple of Solomon

Philippe de Champaigne

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 8 with the Castel Sant'Angelo

Plan of the City of Rome. Part 8 with the Castel Sant'Angelo

Antonio Tempesta, Giovanni Domenico de Rossi, Cardinal Camillo Pamphili

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Campo Vaccino (The Roman Forum)

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Campo Vaccino (The Roman Forum)

Lievin Cruyl

The Campo Vaccino

The Campo Vaccino

Giuseppe Vasi

Fantasy based on Vatican: Sistine Chapel, Loggia (identification by James S. Ackerman) (recto); A Lion (verso)

Fantasy based on Vatican: Sistine Chapel, Loggia (identification by James S. Ackerman) (recto); A Lion (verso)

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimius in the foreground left, Temple of Vespian right, and the Colosseum in the distance (Veduta di Campo Vaccino)

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimius in the foreground left, Temple of Vespian right, and the Colosseum in the distance (Veduta di Campo Vaccino)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Gezicht op de Tiber en de Castel Sant' Angelo

Gezicht op de Tiber en de Castel Sant' Angelo

Antoni van den Wijngaerde

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the foreground left, Temple of Vespian right, and the Colosseum in the distance (Veduta di Campo Vaccino), from "Vedute di Roma"

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the foreground left, Temple of Vespian right, and the Colosseum in the distance (Veduta di Campo Vaccino), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Amphiteathrum Castrense, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Amphiteathrum Castrense, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Anonymous, Antonio Lafreri

Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").

Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").

Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family, Original Treatise Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius