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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

1814–15
Graphite, brush and gray wash, framed with graphite and brush and blue watercolor
25 × 35 cm (9.8 × 13.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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