Inscription: Stickers: [1] HILLINGDON – 148/Dated E – 1757/Exhibited Three Reigns/Exhb. 1933. No. 469/South Kensington 1862/Nos. 1272 and 1273; [2] S.L.4340.6,7/Anonymous; [3] By DUPLESSIS/Active 1750–1774
London. home of Sir Philip Sassoon, 25 Park Lane.
Marking: Arms (on thirteen banners atop turrets, on bosses of vaulting above Joshua and David): azure, semé of fleurs-de-lis gold, within a border engrailed gules [Arms of Jean duc de Berry];(on banner next to end turret at right of tapestry): bendy of six, azure and gold [Arms of Burgundy];(on shield at right of figure): argent, a dragon vert [Arms of Joshua];(on shield at right of figure): azure, a harp gold [Arms of David]
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Mediaeval Art in Fort Tryon Park
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
enhanced presentation that allows for natural light and a direct connection to Central Park
Old Testament prohibitions against worshipping graven images (Exodus 20:4) provided one of the most important precedents for Byzantine Iconoclasm.
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.
From the high altar of the Cistercian abbey, Lichtenthal, near Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg; Dutch or German Private Collection ; [ Sotheby’s, London (July 28, 1939, no. 103) ] ; [ John Hunt, Ireland (1939–sold 1952)]
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
Exh. cat., Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park.
By the late nineteenth century, the concept of “the vanishing West” drove many sculptors to record their perceptions of western life.
enlargement of his Indian Hunter ( 1973.257), installed in New York’s Central Park
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
From the former transept portal of the cathedral of Saint-Lazare at Autun; Roidet-Haudaille (architect), Autun, France ; Abbé Victor Terret, Autun, France ; [ Jean Peslier, Vézelay (sold 1935)] ; [ Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York (1935–1947)]
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
