The musical contest between the Muses on one side and the Pierides on the other, judged by the gods of Olympus
Anonymous|Rosso Fiorentino
1750–1850
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 1/4 × 20 9/16 in. (28.5 × 52.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1110
About the Artist
Anonymous|Rosso Fiorentino
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...