ID: 700000318 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000318	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean (architectural sculpture; unknown French; ca. 1250; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 32.147)

Note: Architectural sculpture from a lateral portal of the monastery church at the now ruined Moutiers-Saint-Jean. According to tradition, the monastery of Moutiers-Saint-Jean was founded by the first Christian kings of France, Clovis and his son Clothar. They are almost certainly the donors standing at either side, presenting their charters. The small seated figures on either side represent ancestors of the Virgin and Christ, including Moses. The tympanum above shows the Coronation of the Virgin in heaven, one of the most popular subjects in thirteenth-century French art. Despite damage sustained during tumultuous times of the Revolution, the naturalistic rendering of the anatomy, the plant motifs, and the delicate details throughout make this doorway an exemplary testament of the Gothic style.

Titles:

Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

architectural sculpture [300379328] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>)

doorway [300002767]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <openings and opening components>, openings (architectural elements), <openings by form>, <doorways and doorway components>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

architecture

Creation Date: ca. 1250

Creator Display:

unknown French [preferred,VP]

artist unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Bourgogne [7002875] France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 32.147

Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1932

Address Note: On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 1

Display Materials: White oolitic limestone with traces of paint

	oolitic limestone [300133209]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by composition>, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: Overall: 469.9 x 139.7 cm (185 x 55 in.); Opening: 110 x 66 in. (379.4 x 167.6 cm)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	French (culture or style) [300111188] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, European regions)

	French Medieval styles [300020854] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European), Medieval regional styles, Northern European Medieval styles)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

portraits

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	Coronation of the Virgin Mary [901000780]
	.....((Life of the Virgin Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	conjectural portraits [300404857]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	Clothaire I (Merovingian king, ca. 500-561) [500403552]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Clovis I (Merovingian king, ca. 466-511) [500403550]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: From the abbey of Moutiers-Saint-Jean, near Dijon, France Mlle. Cambillarc , Moutiers-St.-Jean, France ; Jean Peslier , Vézelay, France ; [ The Brummer Gallery , Paris and New York (sold 1932)]

Related Works:

	architectural context is .... Moutiers-Saint-Jean [700009221]
	..........abbey (monastery); various architects; at present site, since 6th cen...; Moutiers-Saint-Jean (Bourgogne, France, Europe, World, Top o...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 30 April 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	..... Abbaye Royale de Moutiers Saint Jean [online] (2000-)