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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: The ‘Burgundian Windows’, Bruges, c.1500

Among the most historic – and historical – treasures in the V&A’s Medieval and Renaissance Galleries are four stained glass panels from a series depicting the rulers of...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Donatello, Virgin and Child, c.1435, Florence

This week’s object has been chosen by students on the Medieval and Renaissance Year Course, and is by the great Florentine sculptor Donatello (1386-1466). It is an image of...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: The Labours of the Months, Florence, c.1450

Luca della Robbia, October; The Labours of the Months, Florence, Italy, Tin-glazed terracotta, Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, Room 64, Case SS, Mus Ref: 7641-1861 © Victoria...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: The Triumph of Love, Florence, c.1460

In one of my earlier blogs I wrote about an Italian marriage chest or cassone, and this week’s object is, in a sense, a sequel to that. It is a birth tray (in Italian,...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Pisanello, Medal of Lionello d’Este, 1444

Pisanello, Leonello d’Este Medal, Verona, Italy, Cast Bronze, Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, Room 64, Case 14, Mus Ref: A.165-1910 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London...

Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: St George Altarpiece, Valencia, c.1400

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Maiolica Dish, 1485-1490

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Bust of Giovanni Chellini, 1456

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Martin Schongauer, “The Resurrection”, Colmar, 1479-1480

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Christ on a Donkey, Germany, c.1480

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Marriage Chest, Florence, c.1430-50

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Veit Stoss, “Virgin and Child”, c.1490

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Alabaster Pietà, Southern Netherlands

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Illuminated Book, Italy, c.1465

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Chasuble, Italy and England, c.1400-1430

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twenty Objects for Twenty Years: Reliquary Diptych, 1300 – 1350

By Paula Nuttall, Director of the Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...

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Twentieth Anniversary of the Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year Course

By Paula Nuttall, Director of Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Year...