Plaque with Four Angels

Plaque with Four Angels

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the direction of the gazes and the tilt of the head of the figure at center left, it is possible to suggest that the four angels were originally intended as witnesses to a scene, perhaps a Nativity, on another plaque framed below this one, along with others, in a triptych.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque with Four AngelsPlaque with Four AngelsPlaque with Four AngelsPlaque with Four AngelsPlaque with Four Angels

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.