Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1594–96
Medium: Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass marks
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 9/16 in. (28.8 × 42 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014
Accession year: 2014
Tags: Architecture|Arches|Columns|Fountains