Copy of Cornelis Cort: Christ Giving the Key of the Church to Saint Peter
Anonymous
c. 1567
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
27.5 × 20.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Alfred in memory of Carey Croneis
Accession Number
2003.312
Tags
gender unknownmale
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...