An apostle resting his head on his right hand and holding a book, in an oval frame, from Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles
Anonymous, 17th century|Guido Reni
1600–1640
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 in. × 2 15/16 in. (10.2 × 7.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.4(109)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BooksMenPortraitsApostles
About the Artist
Anonymous, 17th century|Guido Reni · 1600–1700
**Anonymous, 17th century** remains one of the most intriguing figures—or rather, non-figures—in art history, representing the countless unnamed painters, draftsmen, and sculptors whose works survive from the Baroque era. Active across Europe between 1600 and 1700, this designation encompasses artists whose identities have been lost to time, yet whose output forms a substantial part of museum coll...