Amsterdam Diptych: Diptych, mid-14th century, France /Meuse Valley, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (wings 20.3 X 9.5 cm)

Nativity from the Amsterdam Diptych

Adoration of the Magi from the Amsterdam Diptych.

Crucifixion from the Amsterdam Diptych

Crucifixion from the Amsterdam Diptych.

Left: French, c. 1375-1400, Aachen, Suermondt Museum; Right: French, c. 1375-1400, Cologne, Schnütgen Museum

Diptych with Nativity and Crucifixion, mid 14th century, 4 7/8 X 6 3/4", Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Diptych: Left Wing: Crucifixion above; Nativity below; Right Wing: Coronation of the Virgin above; Adoration of the Magi below. 14th century. 6 1/4 X 8 3/8" open. Victoria and Albert Museum.

Tabernacle with Virgin and Child. Left Wing: Annunciation and Visitation above; Adoration of the Magi below; Right Wing: Nativity above; Presentation in the Temple below. 8 1/2 X 9 1/4". French, first half of the fourteenth century, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tabernacle with Virgin and Child. Left wing: Annunciation above; Adoration of the Magi, below; Right Wing: Nativity above; Presentation in the Temple below. 16.8 X 15.1 cm, Paris, c. 1300. Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Virgin and Child with angels, 14th century, French, Cleveland Museum.

Madonna and Child, Yale University

Diptych, Consecration of St. Martin of Tours left and St. Martin Dividing his Cloak with a Beggar right. Germany, Lower Rhinbe, Cologne (?), second quarter ofthe 14th century. (Height 3 9/16", Width closed 2"

Descent from the Cross, Metropolitan Museum

From left to right: Gawain and the Lion, Lancelot and the Sword Bridge, and the Perilous Bed

 

British Museum Casket: from left to right: Aristotle Teaching Alexander the Great; Phyllis Riding Aristotle; Fountain of Youth

Siege of Castle of Love

Casket: Left to right: Aristotle teaching Alexander, Phyllis riding Aristotle, Fountain of Youth. 4 1/2 X 9 11/16". Walters Art Museum

Lid of the Walters Casket: on the left appears an assault on the Castle of Love. Note Cupid at the top shoots arrows. The catapault is loaded with roses. Note how the warrior mounting the battlements by a ladder is the same figure that appears in the right hand panel of the British Museum casket above. Center jousting scene. Right hand side is surrender.

Prodigal Son Casket, Metropolitan Museum.

Prodigal Son Casket, Metropolitan Museum

Prodigal Son Casket, Metropolitan Museum

Mirror Back with Abduction from a Castle

Assault on the Castle of Love

Mirror back with Lovers playing Chess, c. 1300, 4 1/2" diameter (10.8 cm), Louvre.

Mirror Back with the Assault on the Castle of Love, French, c. 1320-1350. Seattle Art Museum. The damsels in the castle hurl roses at the knights. On the right, a damsel helps a kinght to mount the battlement, while on the left, another knight surrenders his sword to a damsel.

Mirror Back with the Assault on the Castle of Love, Louvre.

Mirror back with Lovers playing Chess, c. 1300, Victoria and Albert Museum

Mirror back with Lovers playing Chess, 14th century, French, Cleveland Museum of Art.

Lady Crowning Lover, c. 1300, Victoria and Albert

Courtly Lovers Riding, first quarter of the 14th century, Louvre.

Tablets from the British Museum: Left: Hawking; Right: Lady crowning lover.

Mirror with Castle of Love and Fountain of Youth, Walters Art Museum, early 14th century.

Mirror back with Sir Gawain on the Perrilous Bed, French, 14th century.