View of the Capitoline Hill during Michelangelo's restoration, the equestrian monument of Marcus Aurelius in the centre from the 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae:'
Anonymous|Nicolas Beatrizet
ca. 1561–63
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Mount: 18 1/8 × 22 1/16 in. (46 × 56 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.72(1.13)
Tags
RomeHorsesSculptureArchitecture
About the Artist
Anonymous|Nicolas Beatrizet
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...