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Devotional Diptych with the Nativity and the Adoration

ca. 1500
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 17
The scenes on this diptych find an echo in the pages of a printed Book of Hours (acc. no. 20.53.3). It is perhaps not surprising that the same workshop should produce the designs used for both the book and the diptych: each is a small object, in black and white, meant to be held in the hands during private prayer. But the same workshop also produced cartoons for large-scale, colorful works of art, including stained glass, and The Cloisters’ Unicorn Tapestries.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Devotional Diptych with the Nativity and the Adoration
  • Date: ca. 1500
  • Geography: Made in Paris, France
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Silver, niello, gilt copper alloy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 3/16 x 1/4in. (13.9 x 20.8 x 0.7cm)
    closed: 5 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 1/2 in. (13.9 x 10.6 x 1.3 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.152
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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