Chalice

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This chalice, which bears the mark of the Lamb of God (agnus dei) on the underside of its base, is a rare surviving example of goldsmith's work produced in Rouen-after Paris, the most important city for metalwork in the north of France. The Crucifixion appears in one of the shield-shaped translucent enamels. The arms of the deClercq family, documented in Bruges and in northern France from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, are represented in the other. The cup has been replaced.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art