Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari), c1350–75

            Poplar, paint, gilt 
Umbria, Italy

The bishop's chasuble, the principal vestment worn by a priest, is represented with a black orphrey ornamented with a series of quatrefoils. The top medallion shows Christ with his hand raised in benediction, while the others contain letters that spell AVE MARIA. The grandeur and nobility of this figure, a rare example of Gothic wood sculpture from Italy, results from the careful balance of the elements of the bishop's vestments—the tall miter and the long elliptical drapery folds—with the attenuated proportions, the frontality of the pose, the authority of the facial expression, and the refinement in the painted surfaces, especially on the face and beard.*

In the Early Gothic Hall

The Early Gothic Hall houses works from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The three thirteenth-century limestone windows overlooking the Hudson River are filled with Gothic stained-glass panels from the cathedrals of Canterbury, Rouen, Soissons, and other sites. Also on view are French, Spanish, and Italian sculptures of the period, as well as an altarpiece depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds painted by the Sienese artist Bartolo di Fredi about 1374.
[*Met Cloisters]

The Met Cloisters, Washington Heights 

An extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the building references French monasteries and abbeys, and incorporates four cloisters acquired in 1913 - Bonnefont, the Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, and Trie.  The building was designed by Charles Collens and resides in Fort Tryon Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr and the Olmsted Brothers; construction began in 1934, the building and gardens opened in 1938.  The Cloisters were commissioned by John D Rockefeller Jr as an extension to the Metropolitan Museum, to hold a collection he had purchased from George Grey Barnard in 1925 (including elements from abbeys in Sant Miquel de Cuixà, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Bonnefont-en-Comminges, Trie-sur-Baïse and Froville), a collection boosted by donations from JP Morgan and Joseph Brummer.

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Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)

Blessing Bishop

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