Vessel with grotesque masks, griffins, and a frieze populated by a bull and men in bas-relief (reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti, in turn after Polidoro da Caravaggio)

Vessel with grotesque masks, griffins, and a frieze populated by a bull and men in bas-relief (reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti, in turn after Polidoro da Caravaggio) by Anonymous|Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Le Blond

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 9 7/16 x 6 7/16 in. (24 x 16.3 cm) sheet: 9 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (25 x 17.3 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.122

Tags

GrotesquesMenGriffinsBullsVessels

About the Artist

Anonymous|Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Le Blond

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...

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