The Cloisters
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2,258 artworks
The Met Cloisters is the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Located in Fort Tryon Park, it incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters and houses an extraordinary collection of tapestries, illuminated manuscripts, and religious art.
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Featured Artworks
Roundel with the Temptation of Saint Anthony
1532
Saint Anthony Abbot
Nikolaus von Hagenau
ca. 1500
Dish with Abraham and Melchizedek
Hans of Landshut
1498
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
1495–1505
Ewer with Wild Man Finial
ca. 1500
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
1495–1505
Seated Bishop
Tilman Riemenschneider
ca. 1495
Saint James the Greater
Gil de Siloe
1489–93
The Cloisters Playing Cards
ca. 1475–80
Standing Virgin and Child
Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden
ca. 1470
Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints
ca. 1465
Opus Anglicanum (Chasuble)
late 15th century
The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels
1440–46
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
Robert Campin
ca. 1427–32
Embroidery with the Annunciation
mid-15th century
Beaker with Apes
ca. 1425–50
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging
ca. 1420–30
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
The Limbourg Brothers
1405–1408/1409
Julius Caesar (from the Heroes Tapestries)
ca. 1400–1410
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
ca. 1400
Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ
ca. 1390
Bust of the Virgin
ca. 1390–95
Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ
ca. 1390
Pietà (Vesperbild)
1375–1400
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Bartolo di Fredi
1374
The Crucifixion
Master of the Codex of Saint George
ca. 1330–35
Reliquary Shrine
Jean de Touyl
ca. 1325–50
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle
ca. 1324–28
Diptych with Scenes of the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection
1300–1325
Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell
ca. 1300–1350
Enthroned Virgin and Child
ca. 1300
Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment
ca. 1260–70
A Knight of the d'Aluye Family
after 1248–by 1267
Virgin
ca. 1250
Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean
ca. 1250
Paten
ca. 1230–50
Chalice
ca. 1230–50
Saltcellar
mid-13th century
Lion
after 1200
Saint Nicholas Accuses the Consul from Scenes from the Life of Saint Nicholas
ca. 1200–1210
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
ca. 1200–1210
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
ca. 1180
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation
ca. 1180
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless
ca. 1180
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido
Biduinus
ca. 1175
Plaque with Censing Angels
ca. 1170–80
Plaque with the Pentecost
ca. 1150–75
The Cloisters Cross
ca. 1150–60