Heraldic relief, The Met Cloisters, New York, USA

Stone relief of the coat of arms of the Porcelet family, name of an abbot at Saint-Guilhem, French, with pig and flowers, late 13th - early 14th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, 12th - 13th century, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13445472

Media ID

45136064

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4641px x 5315px (4.9MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen