Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and Moon

Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and Moon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This plaque was probably originally part of a pulpit or altar frontal. An enamel palette of blue, green, red, and white and lively engraving delineate the figures and their clothing. Contemporary enamels from the Limoges region of France inspired the composition.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and MoonPlaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and MoonPlaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and MoonPlaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and MoonPlaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and Moon

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.