[Portrait Collage]
Unknown
ca. 1860
![[Portrait Collage] by Unknown](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/portrait-collage-291371.webp)
Medium
Ambrotypes with applied color
Dimensions
Image: 7 x 5.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.) Case
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, 2009
Accession Number
2009.234a, b
Tags
BoysPortraits
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...