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Mihrab (Prayer Niche)This prayer niche, or mihrab, was originally an architectural element in a theological school (madrasa) in the city of Isfahan. An inscription in the courtyard of this former school, now known as Madrasa Imami, is dated to the year A
University Park, PA: College Art Association of America, 1988. pp. 53, 62, ill. fig
Mosque LampThis lamp has a flattened, almost globular body with a long flared neck and a low folded foot. Three suspension loops are attached to the body. The enameled and gilded decoration consists of three main registers and four narrower bands of continuous vegetal patterns
University Park, PA: College Art Association of America, 1988. pp. 225, 253, ill.
This library comes from a red-brick Gothic Revival villa built for banker Frederick Deming (1787–1860) and his family in the hamlet of Balmville, New York. The house is a classic example of the Gothic Revival style in domestic architecture and the room is arranged to illustrate how an upper-middle-class family might have furnished their library.
academic buildings and museums—in fact The Met’s first permanent home in Central Park
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
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This picture and its pendant (1970.134.2) formed a series of possibly five panels illustrating the life of Saint John the Baptist
University Park, Pa., 1994, pp. 87, 96–97, 156–57, no. 16.1, fig. 16.1, suggests
Marking: Arms (central panel, left window): D’or au chevron de sable charge sur sa pointe d’une chaine de quatre chainons d’argent elle meme placee en chevron. For Ingelbrechts (Ingelbrechts or Ymbrechts) of Malines and Spain
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
Moretto’s last major work, this altarpiece was commissioned by the Brescian confraternity known as the Disciplina di San Giovanni Evangelista for their oratory adjacent to the church of the same name
University Park, Pa., 2015, pp. 84, 86, fig. 35 (color).
Marking: Arms (central panel, left window): D’or au chevron de sable charge sur sa pointe d’une chaine de quatre chainons d’argent elle meme placee en chevron. For Ingelbrechts (Ingelbrechts or Ymbrechts) of Malines and Spain
The Cloisters: The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
