Panels
Unknown Artist
late 15th century
Medium
Wood, gilding
Dimensions
c: 4 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 15/16 in. (10.5 × 21.4 × 2.4 cm) d: 9 1/4 × 8 5/8 × 7/8 in. (23.5 × 21.9 × 2.2 cm)
Classification
Woodwork
Culture
French
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lillian Stokes Gillespie Collection, Bequest of Lillian Stokes Gillespie, 1915
Accession Number
15.121.1c, d
Art Historical Context
These delicate wooden panels, crafted by an unknown French artist in the late 15th, exemplify the exquisite woodwork of the Late Gothic period. Measuring just a few inches across, the pair—one slightly smaller at about 4⅛ × 8½ inches, the other 9¼ × 8⅝ inches—were likely decorative elements from furniture, altarpieces, or architectural features in a church or noble home. Their modest scale belies their refined craftsmanship, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Medieval Art department as part of The Lillian Stokes Gillespie Collection (1915). The panels' medium of wood with gilding hi...