Meeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate

Meeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate

Benedikt Dreyer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Formerly on the high altar of the parish church of Saint Michael in Lendersdorf, near Düren, this relief is the work of the Lübeck sculptor Benedikt Dreyer.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden GateMeeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden GateMeeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden GateMeeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden GateMeeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate

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.