An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of arms)
Anonymous|José Guadalupe Posada
ca 1900–1910
Medium
Zincograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (15 × 11.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession
Accession Number
Ref.Posada4
Tags
EaglesSnakesPlants
About the Artist
Anonymous|José Guadalupe Posada
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...