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Charles Percier|Pierre François Léonard Fontaine|Anonymous, French, 19th century

Cross-Section of the Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii

after 1825
Pen and black ink, watercolor
23.8 × 40.4 cm (9.4 × 15.9 in)

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