View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Jan de Bisschop, 1648

MEDIUMPen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

DIMENSIONSsheet: 3 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (9.6 x 15.7 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jan de Bisschop

Jan de Bisschop was a Dutch Golden Age lawyer who drew and engraved to teach young artists about classical and Old Master works.