
Heraldic Panel with Arms of the House of Hapsburg
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Gravensteen (Castle of the Count) at Ghent was the principal domain of the Hapsburgs in South Flanders. This stained-glass panel, thought to have come from this imperial residence, is part of a larger series ordered either by Maximilian I or Charles V.
Medieval Art and The Cloisters
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.