Original headline: "London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m"
The artist is literally unknown, not just "not yet famous", which is how I first read the HN headline. It's centuries old.
The artist is literally unknown, not just "not yet famous", which is how I first read the HN headline. It's centuries old.
For instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Golden_Altar
Wikipedia even has a list listing many 'Master of X' artists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anonymous_artists
I think a common way to describe such authors is "anonymous" although that has its own shade of confusion (did they intend to be unnamed?)
Anyway, mods can edit the title if this causes misunderstandings!