Design for an Altar, with Elevation and Ground Plan
Anonymous, French, 18th century
18th century
Medium
Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and blue wash
Dimensions
16 5/16 x 10 1/2 in. (41.5 x 26.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1973
Accession Number
1973.523
Tags
AltarsArchitecture
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1700–1800
The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...