Satire against the Terror
Anonymous
1794–1815
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 6 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (16.6 × 11.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 3/4 in. (20.4 × 14.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938
Accession Number
38.145.435
Tags
MenFrench RevolutionLouis XVIWomen
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...