The Virgin in prayer in an oval frame, after Reni
Anonymous|Guido Reni|Guillaume Vallet
ca. 1650–1704
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (29.1 × 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4568
Tags
Virgin MaryPortraitsPraying
About the Artist
Anonymous|Guido Reni|Guillaume Vallet
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...