Plaque with the Death of the Virgin

Plaque with the Death of the Virgin

Jean Pénicaud I

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The scene is the work of an innovative artist who was still struggling to master the laws of perspective.

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.