Glass Dish with an Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus

Glass Dish with an Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glass vessels engraved with narrative scenes were a specialty of the Rhine River region. They were used as drinking vessels and often buried with their owner. This bowl depicts Christ’s raising of Lazarus from the dead, as is evident from the burial wrappings on the figure and the tomb door, which Christ cast aside. It was found in a Christian sarcophagus in Sicily along with several coins, testimony to the export of these vessels as far away as the Mediterranean Sea.

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.