The Parable of the Vineyard (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ)

Jan Rombouts

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The parable of the vineyard appears only in the Gospel of Matthew. Rombouts, who was both designer and painter, produced many works with stories from the New Testament. He created this window, and others nearby, as one of a set of twelve scenes from the life of Christ. Rombouts’s pieces feature complex compositions and Italianizing elements. The details of the figures’ faces and fields in the background were painted in grisaille on clear pieces of glass, with paint in shades of black, gray, and brown.

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