Plate 5: The Tomb of Mausolus, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World' 1608

"Plate 5: The Tomb of Mausolus" is an etching by Antonio Tempesta from 1608, depicting the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The artwork portrays the mausoleum as a grand structure with a stepped base and a domed roof, with a large number of workers and onlookers in the foreground. The scene is a complex narrative of the labor and grandeur that went into the construction of this magnificent structure, offering a glimpse into the ingenuity and artistry of the ancient world. This etching, part of a series on the Seven Wonders, is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.