Artist

Unknown Genoese

1600–1699

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

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

Selected works

132130 pieces

Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls

Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Male Nudes Locked in Combat with Daggers

Unknown Artist Italian, late 16th century

Design for Escutcheon, with Musical Instruments

Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Standing Warrior

Unknown Artist Italian, Florentine or Genoese, 1575-1599

Armed Soldiers After Battle

Genoese Late 16th century

Design for Ecclesiastical Escutcheon

Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Design for Escutcheon, with Artist's Instruments

Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Design for Architrave with Ornamental Scrollwork, Satyr, and Sea Nymph

Unknown Artist Italian, n.d.

Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls and Books

Unknown Artist possibly Italian or German

Stoning of Saint Stephen

Italian, Genoese or Venetian Late 16th century

Departure of Tobit (recto); Sketch of Crucifixion (verso)

Italian, Genoese Late 16th century

Caryatid (recto); Three Sketches: Two Caryatids, Pair of Putti Standing on Globe (verso)

Unknown Artist Genoese, 17th century

A pope receiving a book from angels

Unknown artist (Genoese ?, 18th century) possibly Francesco Campora (Italian, c. 1693-1763)

Sketches of Patmos, Sardis, Obelisk of Heliopolis

Unknown artist possibly British, 19th century

Towards the Unknown

Gunther Gerzso Mexican, 1915–2000

The Guilty One Remains Unknown

George Grosz American, born Germany, 1893-1959

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Artist unknown (American, 19th century) Boston

Unknown Subject

Ivan Albright American, 1897-1983

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Honoré de Balzac (French, 1799-1850) etched by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th century) and engraved by Georges Aubert (French, 1886-1961) published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939) binding by Henri Creuzevault (French, 1905-1971)