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Medieval Art from Private Collections

Medieval Art from Private Collections

Gómez-Moreno, Carmen

1968

360 pages

240 illustrations

7.8 x 10.5 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Illuminated Manuscripts

Paintings and Drawings

Sculpture

Ivories

Metalwork

Goldsmiths' Work

Enamels

Stained Glass

Embroideries and Tapestries

Various Media

Met Art in Publication

Head of Christ, Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground — Head of Christ
Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, Bartholomew, Catherine of Alexandria, and Paul, and (below) the Nativity; left wing (top to bottom): Annunciatory Angel, Crucified Christ with the Virgin, Saints Mary Magdalen and John, and Christ as the Man of Sorrows; right wing (top to bottom): Virgin Annunciate, Saints Onophrius and Paphnutius, and Saint Onophrius Buried by Saint Paphnutius., Matteo di Pacino Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Italian — Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, Bartholomew, Catherine of Alexandria, and Paul, and (below) the Nativity; left wing (top to bottom): Annunciatory Angel, Crucified Christ with the Virgin, Saints Mary Magdalen and John, and Christ as the Man of Sorrows; right wing (top to bottom): Virgin Annunciate, Saints Onophrius and Paphnutius, and Saint Onophrius Buried by Saint Paphnutius.
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1380–90

Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Donor, in a Quatrefoil, Pen and brush and brownish black ink and grayish brown wash on ribbed paper., Austrian (Salzburg) — Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Donor, in a Quatrefoil
Austrian (Salzburg)
ca. 1430–35

Men Shoveling Chairs (Scupstoel), Vranke van der Stockt Netherlandish, Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk. — Men Shoveling Chairs (Scupstoel)
Vranke van der Stockt
1444–50

Head of a Youth, Limestone, French — Head of a Youth
French
ca. 1150–75

Architectural Frieze, Limestone, French — Architectural Frieze
French
second quarter 12th century

Mourner, Pere Oller Catalan, Alabaster, Catalan — Mourner
Pere Oller
ca. 1417

Saint James the Greater, Alabaster, with traces of polychromy, North French or South Netherlandish — Saint James the Greater
North French or South Netherlandish
ca. 1450–60

Saint Peter, Alabaster, with traces of polychromy, North French or South Netherlandish — Saint Peter
North French or South Netherlandish
ca. 1450–60

Saint Andrew, Alabaster, with traces of polychromy, North French or South Netherlandish — Saint Andrew
North French or South Netherlandish
ca. 1450–60

Saint Margaret of Antioch, Alabaster, with traces of gilding, French — Saint Margaret of Antioch
French
ca. 1475

Saint James the Greater, Gil de Siloe Spanish, Alabaster with paint and gilding, Spanish — Saint James the Greater
Gil de Siloe
1489–93

Polycandelon, Cast copper alloy, Byzantine — Polycandelon
Byzantine
6th century

Censer, Cast copper alloy, Byzantine — Censer
Byzantine
6th century

Censer Handle with Virgin Orant, Cast copper alloy, Byzantine — Censer Handle with Virgin Orant
Byzantine
13th–14th century

Pitcher, Copper alloy, cast, South Italian — Pitcher
South Italian
ca. 1100–1150

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, Bronze; binary copper alloy (approx. 88% copper, approx. 8% tin) hollow cast,<br/>chased, engraved, and gilded., North German, Lubeck (?) — Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
North German, Lubeck (?)
ca. 1230 or early nineteenth century

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, Copper alloy, glass inlays, North German — Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
North German
12th century

Crucified Christ, Copper alloy, gilt, Italian — Crucified Christ
Italian
second half 14th century

Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn, Copper alloy, German — Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn
German
ca. 1425–50

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