recto: Drawing after Antique Armor; verso: Drawing of an Architectural Fragment
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (10.4 x 8.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Regina Slatkin, 1963
Accession Number
63.712.81
Tags
ArmorSwords
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...