Chalice

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Latin inscription on the bowl identifies the owner as John Benedict of Breslau. Around 1462 he was preaching in the city of Kassa in Upper Hungary, where this chalice was presumably made. The goldsmith technique of using filigree and enamel originated in Italy and was adopted elsewhere.

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