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

- By: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
- Date: ca. 1594–96
- Medium: Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass marks
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 9/16 in. (28.8 × 42 cm)
- Culture: Netherlandish
- Credit line: Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/651744)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP836399.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)