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Cloître

late 12th–early 13th century
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 03
En 804, Guilhem, duc d’Aquitaine, comte de Toulouse et membre de la cour de Charlemagne, renonce à tout privilège et fonde un monastère bénédictin dans les collines escarpées des environs de Montpellier. Récupérés dans une région de France riche en vestiges de la période classique dont l’influence se reconnaît dans les feuilles d’acanthe et autres motifs sinueux, les éléments de ce cloître présentent néanmoins un style typique de l’art du tournant du XIIIe siècle. Située au nord-ouest de l’Espagne sur le chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, l’abbaye fut lourdement endommagée pendant les guerres de religion et la Révolution française. Cent quarante éléments environ, notamment colonnes, pilastres et chapiteaux, ont servi à la construction de ce cloître.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Cloître
  • Date: Fin XIIe siècle–début XIIIe siècle
  • Aire géographique: Monastère bénédictin de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, près de Montpellier
  • Culture: Français
  • Technique: Pierre calcaire
  • Dimensions: 9,2 x 7,3 m
  • Crédits: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
  • Accession Number: 25.120.1–.134
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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