The New and the Old Dispensations

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This roundel visualizes verses 16 and 17 from the first chapter of the Gospel of John. Adam, as a representative of humankind, is placed at the center. To his left, Moses stands in front of scenes from the Old Testament, while Saint John to his right gestures toward passages from the New Testament, as if explaining these verses to Adam. The artisan colored the window yellow with silver stain, a silver-nitrate mixture painted on clear glass while cold and adhered with a second firing.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art