Plaque with the Virgin and Child

Plaque with the Virgin and Child

Master of the Triptych of Louis XII

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The figures of the Virgin and Child were taken from the engraving Virgin with a Monkey by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), in which Jesus holds a bird instead of a cross.

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.