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437 Results Found

Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Adoration of the Magi	Master of James IV of Scotland (attribut...	ca. 1520	Ink and tempera on vellum	48.149.15	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
	The Adoration of the Magi	Circle of the Strassburger Werkstattgeme...	1507	Pot-metal and colorless glass, silver st...	1996.262	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1996
	Adoration of the Magi (detail)		ca. 1390	Pot-metal and colorless glass with silve...	1986.285.1,2	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1986
	The Adoration of the Shepherds	Bartolo di Fredi	14th century	Tempera on wood, gold ground, arched top	25.120.288	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1925
	Altar Angels		late 13th century	Oak with traces of polychromy	52.33.1,2	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1952
	Altar Frontal		late 14th century	Silk on linen	69.106	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1969
	Altarcloth (detail)		second half of 14th century	Linen embroidered with satin, chain, che...	29.87	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Fletcher Fund, 1929
	Altarpiece	Baldassare degli Embriachi	ca. 1390–1400	Bone framed with intarsia and horn, trac...	17.190.489	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
	Ampulla (Flask) of Saint Menas		late 500s–mid–700s	Terracotta	27.94.27	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Rogers Fund, 1927
	Amulet		6th century	Hematite amulet carved intaglio, with gi...	17.190.491	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
	The Annunciation from a Book of Hours		ca. 1485–90	Tempera and gold leaf on parchment	2004.564	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Peter Sharrer, 2004
	The Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Altarpiece)	Workshop of Robert Campin	ca. 1425–30	Oil paint on oak	56.70	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1956
	The Antioch Chalice		first half of 6th century; Byzantine	Silver, silver-gilt	50.4	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1950
	Appliqués		first half of 5th century	Gold sheet	98.11.71	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Purchase, 1898
	Apse; The Virgin and Child in Majesty, with Archangels and the Magi	Unknown; Attributed to the Master of Ped...	1175–1200; ca. 1100	Limestone; Fresco, transferred to canvas	L.58.86,50.180a-c	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Exchange Loan from the Government of Spain, 1958; The Cloisters Collection, 1950
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Cock		13th century	Copper alloy	1989.292	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1989
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Crowned Centaur Fighting a Dragon		1200–1225	Copper alloy	10.37.2	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Rogers Fund, 1910
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon		ca. 1200	Copper alloy	47.101.51	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1947
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Falconer on Horseback		13th century	Copper alloy	47.101.55	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1947
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Horse		ca. 1400	Copper alloy	10.13.4a	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of William M. Laffan, 1910
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Knight on Horseback		mid–13th century	Copper alloy	64.101.1492	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion		ca. 1200	Copper alloy, glass inlay	47.101.52	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1947
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion		ca. 1200	Copper alloy	52.24.1	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Mrs. Leo S. Bing, 1952
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion		ca. 1400	Copper alloy	1994.244	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1994
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Ram		late 13th–early 14th century	Glazed earthenware	2007.142	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 2007
	Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn		ca. 1425–50	Copper alloy	64.101.1493	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
	Arch with Running Vines, Leaves, and Fruit		500–600	Limestone	29.9.2a-v	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929
	Architectural Drawing		1450–1500	Pen and brown ink over black chalk on ve...	68.49	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1968
	Architectural Frieze		second quarter of 12th century	Limestone	1980.263.1	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	The Cloisters Collection, 1980
	Arm Reliquary		13th century, with 15th–century additions	Silver, silver-gilt, glass and rock-crys...	17.190.353	Medieval Art and The Cloisters
	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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