Covered Vessel

Covered Vessel

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The legs on this vessel resemble those on contemporary cooking pots, suggesting that this sturdy jug was used both for heating and for serving. The area around Dinant was renowned for such domestic brasswork, which was then exported throughout Northern Europe.

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.