Sheet of Rebuses with Birds with Human Heads
Medium
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (34.3 x 28.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.390
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century|Giraud, Pere et Fils et Gayet|Michel Giraud|Benoît Gayet|Antoine Giraud|Aimé Giraud · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...