Man Loading a Rifle
anonymous
after c. 1660
Medium
red chalk; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
140; 165
About this artwork
…; donated by Herbertine Christine van Hoorn (1864-1938), Maria Lucia van Hoorn (1856-1950) and Pieter Herbert Theophile van Hoorn (1862-1931), Amsterdam, with 116 other drawings, to the museum (L. 2228), 1928
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...