Ruins of Persepolis, illustration for the Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 18 No 210.

This is one of the two drawings of the ruins of Persepolis (or Chilminar in Persian), sent from Nicolaes Witsen to Martin Lister in January 1694. Witsen explained that he received the drawing from the 'person who made the drawing at the site', Cornelis de Bruijn (Dutch painter and traveller, 1652 – 1726/7). It was printed in Philosophical Transactions vol. 18 no. 210 (May 1694).
N. Witsen, 'A letter, with two draughts of the famous Persepolis', Phil. Trans. vol. 18, no. 210 (May 1694), 117-18.