The Virgin nursing the infant Christ, Joseph at left, after Reni
Anonymous|Guido Reni|Mariette
ca. 1600–1700
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 10 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (26.2 × 20.7 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
51.501.5058
Tags
Virgin MaryJesusJosephNursing
About the Artist
Anonymous|Guido Reni|Mariette
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...