Front view of the Gightis forum. The drawing is in portrait format. It is framed in ink. Traces of watercolor and inscriptions are visible in the margins.
The drawing depicts the forum courtyard, seen from a doorway. The forum consists of a courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded portico. A number of figures have taken up residence here. The great temple, raised on a podium, stands in the background. The façade features six Corinthian columns supporting an entablature and a triangular pediment, the tympanum of which is decorated with bas-reliefs. Acroteria adorn the corners of the roof.