Perspective view of the Illuminations on the Pont Notre Dame, in celebration of the recovery of the health of Louis XIV, January 30, 1687
1750 (?)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to plate): 11 11/16 × 16 11/16 in. (29.7 × 42.4 cm)
Classification
Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.501.5
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous|Basset
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...