The Virgin standing facing front and holding the infant Christ, angels behind them in the clouds
Anonymous|Guido Reni
ca. 1700–1800
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (24.3 × 17.1 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
51.501.5059
Tags
Virgin MaryMadonna and ChildJesus
About the Artist
Anonymous|Guido Reni
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...