Massacre of the Innocents; group of women and children being attacked, two angels at upper left, after Reni
Anonymous|Guido Reni
ca. 1640–1700
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (37.2 × 25.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.4.(60)
Tags
AngelsMassacresSufferingChildrenMenWomen
About the Artist
Anonymous|Guido Reni
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...