If the author of the work is unknown, skip that element and begin the citation with the title. If the piece has no given title, give it a short descriptive title. This descriptive title not be italicized or put in quotation marks but kept in plain text.
Footnote
#Artist firstname lastname, Title, date of composition, medium, size, location, object no. if given, URL if applicable.
3Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508-1512, fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Sistine Chapel, Rome.
7Vishnu seated on a lotus, ca. 1790-1810, gouache on paper, 25 x 19.3 cm, British Museum, registration no. 1880,0.2191, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1880-0-2191.
Shortened footnote
#Artist firstname lastname, Title, date of composition, medium, size, location, object no. if given, URL if applicable.
8Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508-1512, fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Sistine Chapel, Rome.
9Vishnu seated on a lotus, ca. 1790-1810, gouache on paper, 25 x 19.3 cm, British Museum, registration no. 1880,0.2191, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1880-0-2191.
Bibliographic entry
Artist lastname, firstname. Title. Date of composition. Medium, size. Location, object no. if given. URL if applicable.
Michelangelo. The Creation of Adam. 1508-1512. Fresco, 280 x 570 cm. Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Vishnu seated on a lotus. Ca. 1790-1810. Gouache on paper, 25 x 19.3 cm. British Museum, registration no. 1880,0.2191. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1880-0-2191.
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