Surviving in fragmentary condition, this pair of angels lacks lower arms, hands, wings, and attributes. Their original paint and gilding, now almost entirely lost, once rendered their garments a rich brocade and their hair a luxuriant gold. Nonetheless, in their graceful poses and sublime faces—whic
These monumental stone heads are among the substantial known remains of the sculptural program of Thérouanne’s cathedral, which was razed by Emperor Charles V of Spain in June 1553. These heads were found in a wall of rue Ste. Croix in the town of Saint Omer (a short distance to the north) in Januar
Formerly ascribed to the French painter Simon Vouet (1590-1649), Rest on the Flight into Egypt has only recently been attributed to Poërson, a collaborator and follower of Vouet. Intended to be a small devotional picture, this painting on oak panel depicts a quiet scene of the Holy Family resting; t
This watercolor depicts Christ rising from the tomb as the soldiers guarding it lie asleep, an episode from the Gospels and one of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. It is part of French painter James Tissot's celebrated Life of Christ series, painted between 1886 and 1894 and now held by the Bro
This French Renaissance painting, dated 1537, combines an Old Testament scene of Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh with an allegorical portrait of the Dinteville family, a noble French family. It is by an unidentified painter known as the Master of the Dinteville Allegory.
This limestone sculpture with traces of polychromy, made in France around 1300-1330, depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child. It measures about 48 1/2 x 21 x 14 inches and belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of Medieval Art.
North French illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours showing the Descent from the Cross, made in the late 15th century. Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, 8.7 x 6.9 cm.
This sculpture of Moses, holding the tablets with the Ten Commandments, and the opposite figure, his brother Aaron, form part of a rare ensemble of key figures from the Hebrew Bible. Often shown together on Gothic portals as forerunners of Jesus, they and other statues originally flanked an enthrone
Until 1950 this panel lined the Great Hall of Highcliffe Castle in southern England. Constructed in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, the castle was furnished in part with stonework acquired form the ruined royal abbey at Jumièges in Normandy, where the panels might also have originated. In all
Four key events in the final hours of Jesus’ life are dramatically shown here (from left to right): Peter sheathing his sword after severing the ear of Malchus (seated), the high priest’s servant; Jesus miraculously restoring the ear; Judas betraying Jesus with a kiss; and Roman soldiers arresting J
The ivory figures are mounted on a sheet of whalebone. This plaque is part of a series of Passion carvings that are now dispersed among Antwerp, Oslo, Paris, London, and New York. French, elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding, 23.2 x 18.3 cm.
Limestone statue of the Virgin and Child with traces of polychromy, made in France by the Atelier of the Juliots. The sculpture is 39.2 cm high.
This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. Internal evidence within the original calendar and texts indicates that Metz was the probable place of production. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum, 15.9 x 11.6 cm.
In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production. This artist, named after a manuscript now in Geneva, was Rouen's principal illuminator during the second half of the 1400s. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum, folio 99 verso, codex 19.5 x 13.1 cm.
This sculpture and another example of the same subject preserved in the church at Saint Die are among the finest representatives of the regional style found in Lorraine in the early fourteenth century. It is a statue in polychromed and gilded Paris limestone that measures about 87 x 30.2 x 21.9 cm.
Writing on a long scroll, the youthful saint records divinely inspired revelations. Due to his youthfulness, he probably represents Saint John, who, in addition to his own Gospel, was believed to have written the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation) while living in exile on the Greek Island of Patmos.
The donors are Pons de Gontaut and his brother Armand, Bishop of Sarlat, in whose family funerary chapel this sculpture and the Entombment originally stood. Their coats of arms were held by the angels in the Entombment scene.
Represented as Queen of Heaven, the Virgin holds a playful Christ Child who, in turn, has caught a bird in flight. The bird symbolizes the soul and its resurrection. The bird nourishes itself on the blood of Christ, an act that refers to the Eucharist.
Limestone statue with traces of polychromy, made in Troyes, France. It measures 75.9 x 43.8 x 30.5 cm (29 7/8 x 17 1/4 x 12 in.).
Limestone relief statue with traces of polychromy and gilding, made in Lorraine, France. It measures 69.9 x 54.6 x 27.3 cm (27 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.).
Chrome lithography of the stained glass window: The life of Jesus, Paris, Imprimerie impériale.
Medium: paint, gold and poplar wood. Dimensions: height: 25.8 cm (10.1 in); width: 20.3 cm (7.9 in).
Wood engraving drawn by Gustave Doré, engraved by J. Gauchard Brunier. Printed in: Heilige Schrift 1867 by Stuttgarter Druck- und Verlagshaus Eduard Hallberger.
Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper.
