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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Black-and-white print of a seated ruler beside a flaming brazier, with armored soldiers and mounted horsemen carrying standar

Mucius Scaevola

Unknown artist, late 18th or early 19th century

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ seated and crowned with thorns while three men in colorful clothing mock and strike him.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Line drawing of four freshwater mussel shells, one open to show its interior, numbered 1 to 4 on a cream page.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXVII

Unknown artist, 1902

Painting of a blue-skinned archer in a chariot drawing a bow toward warriors on horseback under a blue sky with clouds.

Arjuna Slays Karna, page from a Mahabharata series

Unknown artist, c. 19th century

Grey ink drawing of a haloed figure with robed companions, a kneeling man, and a village landscape with a river.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Lithograph plate of numbered fossil mammal bones, including limb bones and foot elements, labeled Plate CV.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate CV

Unknown artist, 1915

Indian miniature painting of Kama aiming a love arrow at meditating Shiva beside a lotus pond, with a royal court scene below

Kama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, from a copy of the Song of Gauri (Gita-Gauri)

Unknown artist, c. 1675-1680

Persian manuscript page with winged angels, gold clouds and a seated figure on blue ground, framed by calligraphic text panel

The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, Page from the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), c. 1600

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Epilobium villosum showing a flowering stem, roots, and small floral detail drawings.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 22

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ and twelve apostles at a round table with halos, bread, fish, and cups.

Last Supper

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Grey wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a figure on a gridiron over flames, soldiers, and a robed judge in a colonnaded h

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Unknown artist, 16th century

Hand-coloured plate of two black helmet manakins with red crests perched on a branch with green leaves.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 23

Unknown artist, 1841

Grey wash drawing of a seated armored general with a kneeling woman, a standing woman and soldiers before classical columns.

Scipio Restoring His Captive to Her Lover

Unknown artist, 17th century

Small painted devotional image of a standing saint with a dark halo holding a green book, framed in red.

Saint Clare of Assisi

Unknown artist, 1450/1470

Antique woodcut plate of seahorses, a centipede, beetles, caterpillars and larvae from a 1634 insect book.

Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum - Plate (page 348)

Unknown artist, 1634

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Last Supper, with Christ at the center of a long table surrounded by apostles.

The Last Supper

Unknown artist, mid 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of seated Saint Luke writing beside an ox, with a veiled woman and classical architecture behind.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, second half 16th century

Engraved plate of three fish labelled Perce-Pierre, Perce-Pierre de l'Inde and Lote vivipare, from Atlas des poissons, 1800.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 33

Unknown artist, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a classical sacrifice scene with an altar, armed men, a seated ruler, and a slain animal.

Sacrifice Scene (Gaius Mucius Scaevola?)

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Brown ink drawing of robed clerics meeting before an arched colonnade, with a processional cross and distant hills.

The Meeting of San Carlo Borromeo and San Filippo Neri

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Engraved plate of a shaggy camel standing beside a tree trunk, with caption Ar. Camel, from an 1811 natural history book.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 83

Unknown artist, 1811

Red chalk drawing of a seen-from-behind nude male figure seated on drapery, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Nude Male Figure [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, seated in a twisting pose.

Nude Figure (academic study)

Unknown artist, 17th century

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Dipladenia splendens with pink trumpet flowers, green leaves and numbered floral detail draw

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 108)

Unknown artist, 1847

Nicholas Herkimer

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered before a classical arched interior with columns and a kneeling figure.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Unknown artist, 16th century

Hand-coloured plate of a yellow oriole with black head and wings perched on a branch, numbered XV.

Illustrations of Indian ornithology - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1847

Red chalk drawing of two nude male figures in dynamic poses, with modeled muscles and soft hatched shading.

Two Nudes

Unknown artist, 17th century

Chalk drawing on blue paper of Neptune in a chariot drawn by sea horses, with tritons, a sea nymph and cherubs.

The Triumph of Neptune

Unknown artist, 18th century

Plate of five numbered butterflies, mostly white and yellow with black wing spots and detailed wing veins.

British butterflies - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1885

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant John and an older bearded figure at upper right.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Joseph [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Lithographed bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the cursive signature Joseph Ritner below.

Joseph Ritner

Unknown artist, Date unknown