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A knight and some foreign visitors are greeted at the gate of a castle.Murals in the "summer-house" of Runkelstein castle illustrate the King Arthur- cycle.
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A knight and some foreign visitors are greeted at the gate of a castle.Mur...

A giant brings a prisoner and his horse to King Arthur's tent.Murals in the "summer-house" of Runkel- stein castle illustrate the King Arthur-cycle.
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A giant brings a prisoner and his horse to King Arthur's tent.Murals in...

Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach,Upper Austria.The frescos,late-Ottonian,date from before 1090.Herod on his deathbed,prevented from taking his own life;his wife and sister and the exe- cutioner who strangled Antipater;devils in the arcades.
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Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach,Upper Austria.Th...

Adoration of the Magi.Originally part of an altar of 24 panels.When closed, the "Schottenaltar"(altar of the "Scottish" monastery)showed eight panels with the Passion of Christ, when opened sixteen panels with the Life of the Virgin.Wood, 86 x 80 cm,1469-79.Inv.4855
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Adoration of the Magi.Originally part of an altar of 24 panels.When closed...

Richard I., Lionheart, King of England Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings Coloured stone
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Richard I., Lionheart, King of England Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings Coloured...

Jean II le Bon, King of France (1319-1364),son of Philip VI of Valois (King 1350). King John's difficult reign - defeated by the English, imprisoned in London and forced to renounce his crown, meant not king after him wamted to bear his name. Oil on wood,Paris,around 1350. 59.8 x 44.6 cm RF 2490
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Jean II le Bon, King of France (1319-1364),son of Philip VI of Valois (King 1350...

Margaret of York (1446-1503), wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy Oil on wood (1468) Inv. 1938-17
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Margaret of York (1446-1503), wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy...

Louvre: towers and wall of Philippe Auguste (1165-1223) Today under the Louvre-wings of Louis XIV
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Louvre: towers and wall of Philippe Auguste (1165-1223) Today under the Louvre-w...

Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings. Richard I The Lionhearted, his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine and her second husband, Henry II Plantagenet, all represented at the age of 33, the age of Christ at his death Painted stone
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Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings. Richard I The Lionhearted, his mother Eleanor of...

Eleanor (Alienor) of Aquitaine wife of Louis VII of France and, after her divirce, wife of of Henry II of England, mother of Richard I, the Lionhearted, died 1204 in Fontevrault, aged 82. Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings. Painted stone
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Eleanor (Alienor) of Aquitaine wife of Louis VII of France and, after her divirc...

Henry II, King of England (1133-1189) father of Richard I the Lionhearted (1157-1199) and of John Lackland Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings Coloured stone
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Henry II, King of England (1133-1189) father of Richard I the...

Richard I the Lionhearted, King of England Tombs of the Plantagenet Kings Coloured stone
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Richard I the Lionhearted, King of England Tombs of the Plantagenet...