Wood Engraving of a Tapestry of Bacchus and Ariadne, from Amours des Dieux (Loves of the Gods)
Anonymous|François Boucher
after 1749
Medium
Wood Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 15 1/2 in. (27.8 x 39.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of E. Weyhe, 1921
Accession Number
21.95.14
Tags
AriadnePuttiBacchus
About the Artist
Anonymous|François Boucher
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...