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Art Gallery: Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, V&A

Exhibits from the museum's newly reopened treasure chest

by Jasper ReesFriday, 11 December 2009

Detail of the War of Troy tapestry, woven in wool and silk, Tournai, France (1475-1490)

Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum

After the opening earlier this autumn of the reconfigured Ceramic Galleries, the Victoria & Albert Museum's renovation continues. Here is a selection of exhibits on permanent display in the newly reopened Medieval and Renaissance Galleries - Fisun Güner reviews the display elsewhere in theartsdesk.

The Robinson Casket, from Kotte, Ceylon, c. 1557
The Burghley Nef salt cellar, Paris, 1527-8
Andrea Riccio: Shouting Horseman, Padua, c 1510-15
Giovanni Antonio Baffo: Harpsichord, Venice, 1574
Giovanni Pisano: Figure of the Crucified Christ, Italy, 1285-1300
Salamander Pendant, Europe, late 16th century
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries: Boar and Bear Hunt, Netherlands, 1425-30
Symmachi Panel (diptych leaf), Rome, c. 400
The Becket Casket, Limoges, c. 1180-90
The Mérode Cup, France, c. 1400
Coenraed van Norenberch: Roodloft from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 1600-13
Donatello: The Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St Peter, Florence, c. 1428-30

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Read the exhibition review by Fisun Güner on theartsdesk

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