Plaque with Doubting Thomas

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Presented here are scenes from Gospel accounts of Jesus’ meetings with his followers after the Resurrection. Each plaque is composed of multiple pieces of walrus ivory carved in high relief. These plaques, along with others in Cologne, London, and Berlin, decorated the front of an altar or pulpit. They were originally set into a wood or metal framework and painted.

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