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

Hans Vredeman de Vries

Date

ca. 1594–96

Type

Drawing Ornament & Architecture

Medium

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

Department

Drawings and Prints

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2014.266

Credit

Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014