Doorway

Unknown

late 15th or early 16th century · Limestone · The Cloisters

Historically, the buildings of Cistercian monks are relatively spare in decoration, but this doorway comes from the chateau added by one of the commendatory abbots, appointed as fiscal and administrative overseers of the abbey in the late Middle Ages, as the population of monks diminished. The abbey was dissolved in 1792, during the French Revolution; the kneeling angels in the tympanum probably were damaged at that time.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th or early 16th century

Medium

Limestone

Culture

French

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1935