Panel with Virgin and Child

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This diminutive carving represents Mary and baby Jesus in a format typical of the north of France during the Gothic period. While the architectural framework is modern, its origin is unclear, and may be a fragment of an ivory diptych of the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century.

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