Mary Magdalene
anonymous
c. 1530 - c. 1540
Medium
oak with traces of polychromy
Dimensions
80; 28; 14.5
About this artwork
…; from an unknown owner, fl. 70, to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam, 1875; on loan to the museum, since 1885
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...