Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Interior and ground plan of an ogtagonal temple
Anonymous
16th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm) plate: 12 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (31.7 x 23.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.72(3.39)
Tags
RomeArchitectureTemples
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...