Grisaille Panel

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These glass panels may have originally decorated one of the chapels of the Château de Bouvreuil, which was built by King Philip Augustus (r. 1179-1223) and expanded by his grandson Louis IX (r. 1226-70). The castles in the window's border are devices of the kingdom of Castile and indicate Louis's claim to the Spanish throne through his mother, Blanche of Castile. The top panels in each lancet are modern.

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