Hovering Angel from a Calvary
anonymous
c. 1500 - c. 1525
Medium
oak with polychromy and gilding
Dimensions
15; 6; 29
About this artwork
…; on loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam, since 1904
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...