Anonymous’s work is defined by its medieval sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Figure with Scythe, Illuminated Initials "KL" or "BV" recto, and Fish with Lobster Claws, verso, from a Psalter or Book of Hours
Flemish (probably Liège, possibly Benedictine)

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95

"Alfred Stieglitz," Painted Portrait by Robert Barnes
Artist unknown active mid-20th century

Andre Breton, "An Anxious Friend," and Max Ernst
Artist unknown (possibly Julien Levy, American, 1906–1981)

Monk (Mönch)
Katharina Fritsch German, born 1956

San Francisco
Artist unknown, after daguerreotypes attributed to Carleton Watkins American, 19th century

Max Ernst in His Sculpture Garage, Great River, Long Island
Artist unknown (possibly Julien Levy, American, 1906–1981)

A Blindfold Chess Match Between Grandmaster George Koltanowski, Fredrick Kiesler, and Alfred Barr
Artist unknown (possibly Julien Levy, American, 1906–1981)

Arthur Craven
Artist unknown (possibly Julien Levy, American, 1906–1981)

Profile Bust of a Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
Unknown Artist Spanish, 18th-19th centuries

The Hanged Monk
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

The Scribe
Salomon de Koninck Dutch, 1609-1668

My Message Comes in Fighter Planes
Artist Unknown (English, 20th century)

We Shoot the Fascists Out of the Sky
Artist Unknown (English, 20th century)

We Sink the Fascist Pirates
Artist Unknown (English, 20th century)

Monks Reading
Ernst Barlach German, 1870-1938

1945, Santa Katarina, Italy - Moses Wloski
Artist unknown printed by Jeffrey Wolin (American, born 1951)

Monk Carrying Woman
Probably after a model by Guillaume Dupré (French, about 1574–1642) Possibly the workshop of Claude Bertélemy (French, 1525–1626) Fontainebleau or Avon, France

The Monk in the Cornfield
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669

Untitled (Experiment 597)
Anonymous Fermilab Photographer