Artist

Unknown Northern Italian

132130

Works

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

Reclining Female Nude

Unknown Artist Italian, late 16th century

Rape of Proserpina

Unknown Artist Italian, mid-16th century

Return of the Prodigal Son

Unknown Artist (North Italian, 1500-1599) possibly Giuseppe Caletti (Italian, c. 1600 - c. 1660)

Door Boss: Bust of a Satyress

Northern Italian

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

Northern Italian; possibly Verona

Headrest (Isicamelo)

Zulu South Africa

Woman's Hat (Isicholo)

Zulu South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Casket

Italian; Sicily

Lidded Container

Attributed to Unobhadule (active mid- to late 19th century) Northern Nguni KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Vessel for Serving Beer

Northern Nguni, probably Zulu South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Sinan Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa

Italian

Madonna and Child

Italian

Vessel for Serving Beer (Ukhamba)

Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Young Woman with Hunter

Artist unknown (Italian, active 18th century)

Two Monks in a Landscape

Italian or Spanish

Vessel for Serving Beer (Ukhamba)

Zulu Hlabisa region, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Vessel for Serving Beer (Ukhamba)

Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Vessel (Ukhamba)

Magwaza family Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa