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An apostle with a long beard looking down at an open book, in an oval frame, from Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles

An apostle with a long beard looking down at an open book, in an oval frame, from Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles by Anonymous, 17th century|Guido Reni

Medium

Etching; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (10 × 7.5 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(111)

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

ReadingApostles

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...

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