Medal Louis XII, King of France (r. 1498–15155), and Anne of Brittany (1476–1514)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The images of the king and queen were modeled by the sculptors Nicholas Leclerc and Jean de Saint-Priest and cast by the goldsmith Jean Lepère. Ambassadors to the French court in 1500 described Louis XII as "handsome and graceful" with a "large nose", and "always with the queen" whom they deemed "homely and pregnant." That same year, an example of this medal in gold was offered to Queen Anne on her arrival in Lyon.

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