Tomb of Ermengol X, Count of Urgell

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In his will, Ermengol X ordered a fine tomb to be installed in the chapel of the monastery church of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes. The earliest surviving descriptions correspond with this effigy in mail and plate armor. The sarcophagus is probably an eighteenth-century replacement made during the restoration of the church.

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art