Descent from the Cross
1600s
Medium
black chalk or crayon, and brush and brown wash, with traces of red chalk heightened with white gouache; framing lines in black ink (bottom)
Dimensions
sheet: 42.5 × 28.1 cm · secondary support: 42.5 × 28.1 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop
Accession Number
1993.223
Tags
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...