page from the Apocalypse (The Locusts with the Angel of the Abyss and The Sixth Trumpet)
Anonymous
1400s
Medium
woodcut (blockbook), hand colored with watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 26.5 × 19.3 cm · mat size: 48.8 × 36.3 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Delia E. Holden Fund
Accession Number
1977.21
Tags
gender unknown
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...