Caricature and hidden silhouette representations of Lafayette and others
Anonymous
18th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 3/16 × 6 5/16 in. (13.1 × 16 cm) Sheet: 6 in. × 7 3/16 in. (15.3 × 18.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number
24.90.1376
About the Artist
Anonymous
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...