The Berg Weiler Altarpiece With Virgin And Child And Saints In The Cloisters In New York City. Editorial Image

Pictured is the oil and gold on wood Berg Weiler Altarpiece with Virgin and Child and Saints above the Altar Predella and Socle. The left panel contains Saint Jodokus and Wendel. The center panel contains from left to right Apollonia, Barbara, the Virgin with infant Jesus, Catherine, and the early Christian deacon Lawrence. The three ladies were popular early Christian martyrs. The right panel contains Sebastian and Maurice. The altarpiece is located in the Cloisters in Fort Tyrone Park in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Governed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters specializes in medieval art and architecture with a focus on Romanesque and Gothic periods.