Virgin and Child, with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene and angels
Anonymous|Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
17th century
Medium
Etching; reverse copy
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in. (22 × 16.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1905
About the Artist
Anonymous|Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
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...