notname

plural notnames

1. Alternative letter-case form of Notname.

plural Notnames · alternative notname

1. A standard name invented for an artist or author whose identity is unknown.

   The triptych with The Adoration of the Magi in the Antwerp museum (cat. 68) inspired the Notname of the anonymous master of the works of Group D: Master of the Antwerp Adoration.

   2004, Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen

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   The use of the Notname was a frank admission that the lot in question was less prestigious than originally suggested, and the final price paid was lower than what would be expected for a Castagno painting.

   1974, Burton B. Fredericksen, Giovanni di Francesco and the Master of Pratovecchio, →ISBN, page 6

   On the basis of this statement scholars have looked for the whereabouts of the producer of this text – who is called by the Notname 'Printer of the Kerstenspiegel' – in Louvain.

   2016, Koen Goudriaan, Anna Dlabačová, Ad Tervoort, Piety in Practice and Print, →ISBN