Heilige Lucia met twee ogen op bord

About this artwork

height 81 mm x width 47 mm

Art Historical Context

Behold the delicate engraving *Heilige Lucia met ogen op bord* (Saint Lucy with Two Eyes on a Plate), an anonymous from the early Renaissance period, circa 1500–1575. Measuring just 81 mm high by 47 mm wide, petite print captures the martyr saint holding a dish bearing her own eyes—a vivid symbol of her gruesome legend. Crafted as an engraving, it exemplifies the meticulous intaglio technique popular in Northern Europe, where incised fine lines into a metal plate, inking the grooves and pressing paper to create sharp, detailed images ideal for mass production and personal devotion. In the lat...

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...