Treasures of the Medieval World

Treasures of the Medieval World is the fourth in a series of exhibitions showcasing medieval works of art in a contemporary context to be mounted in collaboration with Luhring Augustine, New York. Following the success of the first three iterations, Of Earth and Heaven (2018), Gothic Spirit (2020), and The Medieval Body (2022), this new iteration will open at Luhring Augustine Tribeca on 31^st January and runs through 8^th March.Treasures of the Medieval World brings together over forty rare objects spanning the fields of sculpture, painting, ceramics, textiles, and goldsmith’s work. Collectively they evince medieval Europe’s astonishing and enduring artistic legacy.

Highlights include one of only five autograph works carved by the master sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider still in private hands, an early ‘inhabited’ carpet made by Anatolian weavers in the years around 1500, a stupendous silver-gilt Portuguese display ewer made for a member of the royal court in the first two decades of the sixteenth century, a complete English alabaster altarpiece from the first half of the fifteenth century, and a Renaissance altarpiece by the famed Sevillian panel painter Alejo Fernandez.   

Right: Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460-1531), The Virgin and Child Enthroned, Germany, Lower Franconia, Würzburg, c. 1500-1505