Panel with Warrior Resting

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carved in relief on the convex side of a bone panel, a male warrior leans heavily to his left side as though resting on his shield and spear. His face, seen in three-quarter view, angles downward as though he is indisposed because of sleep or injury. He wears only in a long cape that gathers across the chest and drapes behind the body, revealing his nakedness from the waist down. This panel recalls classical ideals of heroism and male beauty that remained popular throughout the late Roman world.

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