Rechts auf einem hohen Felsen ein Städtchen 

Lambert Doomer created this drawing of a town atop a high rock, rendered in pen and gray ink, sometime in the 17th century. The motif of a settlement perched high upon a rock is one that speaks volumes of human ambition and divine aspiration. The town can be seen as a latter-day echo of the Tower of Babel, aspiring to the heavens. Consider too, the symbolism of mountains in religious contexts as places of revelation and divine communication—like Mount Sinai. In this drawing, Doomer captures a town that looms with a sublime power, engaging our subconscious understanding of human history, a collective memory. This same symbolic power can be seen across art history, from ancient Mesopotamian ziggurats to the towering cathedrals of Europe. This image resurfaces time and time again, transformed yet fundamentally unchanged, bearing witness to our timeless desire to reach the heavens.