Right Leaf of a Diptych with Coronation of the Virgin

Right Leaf of a Diptych with Coronation of the Virgin

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This panel from an ivory diptych depicts the Coronation of the Virgin with Mary and Christ surrounded by angelic musicians, representing the court of heaven. A related ivory diptych in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrates the Coronation and the Dormition of the Virgin.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.