Tomb Effigy, Gothic Chapel, The Met Cloisters, New York, USA Editorial Photo

Tomb of a knight of the d`Aluye family, c. 1248-67, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The tomb was originally in the Cistercian abbey of La Clarte-Dieu, near Tours, France. Three generations of the d`Alene family went on Crusade to the Holy Land, and this knight is depicted in armour and at prayer. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries.