Recent acquisitions

This page lists the works that have been added to the museum’s collections in the past three years through various acquisitions. The Musée de Cluny would like to express its most sincere gratitude to its donors, and particularly the Friends of the museum society, as well as the Ministry of Culture.

Miniature, a pope presenting a golden rose, Cl. 23990
 © Musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen Âge

2025

  • A loose leaf from an antiphonary or a gradual; a pope presenting a golden rose to a layman
    Illumination on parchment
    Italy, Rome? Bologna? circa 1280–1290
    Cl. 23990
    Purchased by private agreement with a contribution from the Friends of the Cluny Museum via 20 donors and a contribution from the firm Boussard & Gavaudan
  • Kiss of Peace, "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian"
    Ivory
    Flemish School, 15th century
    Cl. 23991
    Pre-emptive purchase at public auction with the support of the La Marck Foundation, under the auspices of the Luxembourg Foundation
  • Sword  
    Germanic countries, late 15th century – early 16th century 
    Cl. 23992
    Purchased by private agreement 
  • Tapestry, "Works from February to June"
    Alsace, Strasbourg ? circa 1450
    Cl. 23993
    Donated by Romain Zaleski, in memory of Hélène de Prittwitz-Zaleski
  • The Adoration of the Holy House of Loreto, altarpiece relief
    Oak
    Île-de-France or the Beauvaisis region, first quarter of the 16th century
    Cl. 23994
    Pre-emptive purchase at public auction with the support of the La Marck Foundation, under the auspices of the Luxembourg Foundation
  • Crucifixion on a crystal cabochon
    Polished and engraved quartz 
    Lotharingia, 9th–10th centuries
    Cl. 23995
    Purchased by private agreement 
  • Capitals decorated with heads or "masks" spouting scrolls blossoming into palmettes, and with smooth leaves curling at the corners
    White marble
    Paris, circa 1135-1150
    Cl. 23996 and Cl. 23997
    Donated  

Devotional pendant (cameo on shell), Cl. 23985 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

2024

  • Statuette of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
    Workshop in Mechelen. Polychromer Dormael
    Walnut, oak base
    Mechelen, circa 1515-1525
    Cl. 23984
    Donated by Henri Gomez in memory of his wife Emmanuelle Gomez-Debever
  • Devotional pendant with, on the obverse, a cameo on shell depicting Anne of France presented by Saint Michael to Trinitarian Saint Anne
    Engraved and carved shell. Niello-inlaid silver
    France, between 1488 et 1491
    Cl. 23985
    Purchased
  • A nielloed diptych depicting sibyls. After Jean d’Ypres, known as the Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany.
    Niello-inlaid silver, gold-plated copper
    Paris ? Circa 1500-1510
    Cl. 23986
    Purchased 
  • Finger reliquary said to belong to Saint Margaret of Scotland
    Gold-plated silver, gemstones and pearls
    Scotland ? Late 13th century-early 14th century
    Cl. 23987
    Purchased 
  • Casket with a print depicting Saint Barbara
    Wood, leather, iron, fabric, print on paper
    France, circa 1500- 1510
    Cl. 23988
  • Altarpiece relief: The Entombment
    Wood (oak), traces of polychromy
    Beauvais, circa 1500-1510
    Cl. 23989

The Crucified Christ by Giovanni Pisano, Cl. 23976 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

2023

  • The Crucified Christ by Giovanni Pisano
    Elephant ivory, traces of gilding
    20,5 x 6,3 cm
    Tuscany, circa 1270-1280
    Cl. 23976
    Purchased 
  • Central panel of a triptych depicting the Virgin and Child crowned by an angel (the Glorious Virgin?)
    Carved ivory, traces of gilding
    France, Parisian workshop, second quarter of the 14th century (circa 1340–1350?)
    Cl. 23977
    Purchased
  • Altarpiece relief depicting the Virgin and Child, Jean de Liège's entourage (?)
    White marble
    Paris, 1370-1380
    Cl. 23978
    Purchased
  • A cameo depicting a Sorrowful Virgin
    Agate and gold
    France, Provence (?), 1450-1480
    Cl. 23979
    Purchased
  • Corner canopy with a plant motif
    Limestone
    Rouergue, fourth quarter of the 11th century
    Cl. 23980
    Donated by Mme Claire Desqueyroux
  • Embroidered panel featuring an angel carrying a coat of arms
    Multicoloured silk embroidery, gold thread and silver thread on linen canvas
    1849 or circa 1860-1870 (based on a chasuble from 1434–1446)
    Cl. 23981
    Donated by Mme Agnès Fruman
  • Scenes from the Childhood of Christ
    An illuminated page from a psalter
    Circa 1340
    Cl. 23982
  • Kiss of peace: The Adoration of the Magi, Nardon Pénicaut’s workshop?
    Enamel painted on copper
    Limoges, early 16th century
    Cl. 23983
    Donated by the Friends of the museum society

Seated Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, Cl. 23969 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

2022

  • Openwork medallion: Moses and the bronze serpent
    Openwork, embossed, engraved, chiselled and gilded copper
    Diameter: 8 cm
    Limoges, circa 1220-1230
    Cl. 23968
    Purchased
  • Seated Virgin Nursing the Christ Child 
    Height: 8,2 cm (8,8 cm with the crown) ; width: 3,1 cm ; depth: 1,8 cm
    Elephant ivory, traces of polychromy; metal crown (modern)
    France, first third of the 14th century
    Cl. 23969
    Purchased
  • Nativity, Jean Colombe (active between 1461 and 1494)
    Laminated vellum
    Height: 13,5 cm ; width: 9 cm
    Loire Valley, circa 1475–1485
    Cl. 23970
    Purchased 
  • Virgin and Child
    Height: 61,5 cm ; width: 24,2 cm ; depth: 14,1 cm
    Polychrome limestone
    Bourbonnais, circa 1500
    Cl. 23971
    Donated by Mme Krishnâ Renou in memory of his brother Laurent Renou
  • Pavement tile: leaping deer
    Terracotta
    Height: 12 cm ; width : 12 cm ; thickness: 3,5 cm
    France, late 13th century-early 14th century
    Cl. 23972
    Donated by the Friends of the Musée de Cluny in honour of Jean-Christophe Ton-That
  • Fragment of tapestry. Inscription regarding the burial of the body of Saint Peter
    Wool
    Height: 17 cm ; width: 93 cm
    Northern France or the southern Netherlands, circa 1460
    Cl. 23973
    Donated by Guy Ladrière in memory of Alain Erlande-Brandenbourg
  • The Musée de Cluny garden, François Henri Alexandre Lafond
    Oil on canvas
    1882
    Cl. 23974
    Purchased
  • The base or head of a sarcophagus, depicting the head of Medusa, twisted columns, bunches of grapes and their vines
    Lead
    Roman Empire, late 2nd-early 4th century
    Cl. 23975
    Donated by Michel Vernay in memory of his ancestor Adolphe Schloss, who was dispossessed during the German occupation

Pendant (from a reliquary), Cl. 23948 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

2021

  • Pendant (from a reliquary)
    Silver and ivory 
    Height: 8,8 cm
    Southern Germany (Nuremberg?), circa 1500
    Cl. 23948
    Purchased
  • Mirror case: The god of love shooting his arrows at four couples in love
    Ivory
    Height: 12 cm ; width: 11,8 cm ; depth: 0,9 cm
    France, circa 1320-1340
    Cl. 23949
    Purchased
  • The Apparition of the Virgin 
    Painted enamelled plaque
    Height: 13,7 cm ; width: 10,3 cm
    Lombardy, late 15th century
    Cl. 23950
    Purchase
  • Medallion: charging knight 
    Enamelled copper
    Circa 1300
    Cl. 23951
    Attributed to the State
  • Corner capital decorated with interlacing foliage
    Beige to yellow veined quartz sandstone
    Rouergue, near Sainte-Foy-de-Conques, last quarter of the 11th century, circa 1080–1090 (?)
    Cl. 23962
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • A clapper with a stylised bird’s head design, known as a "Beakhead" 
    Oolitic limestone
    Lower Normandy, the Sées area?, second quarter of the 12th century
    Cl. 23963
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • Sculpture depicting a king’s head
    Tuffeau stone
    Mid-12th century, Poitou (?)
    Cl. 23964
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • A fragment of a voussoir depicting the bust of a crowned figure
    Biomocritic limestone
    Western France? Normandy?, circa 1160-1180
    Cl. 23965
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • Impression of the great seal of Margaret II of Flanders, known as Margaret of Constantinople (1244–1280), with, on the reverse, a counter-impression of the seal of the secret
    Green wax stamping
    Cl. 23966
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • A statuette depicting Saint James the Greater as a pilgrim
    Jet
    Santiago de Compostela, 15th century
    Cl. 23967
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle

Illuminated page: Woman praying, Cl. 23945 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

2020

  • Blessing Child Jesus from Malines
    Ronde bosse polychromed sculpture
    H. 32,5 cm
    Malines (Brabant), circa 1500
    Cl. 23936
    Donated by the Lamark Foundation, under the auspices of the Luxembourg Foundation
  • Interior of the palace of the thermal baths
    Victor-Jean Nicolle
    Watercolour
    Height: 8,5 cm ; width: 13,5 cm
    Cl. 23937
    Donated by the Friends of the museum society
  • Portal splay capital: The gift of the keys to Saint Peter
    Limestone
    Height: 32,5 cm ; width: 39 cm ; depth: 40,7 cm
    the third quarter of the 12th century
    Cl. 23938
    Donated by Mme Éliane Vergnolle
  • Portal splay capital : The deliverance of Saint Peter
    Limestone
    Height: 34 cm ; width: 37-38 cm ; depth: 37 cm
    the third quarter of the 12th century
    Cl. 23939
    Donated by M. Christian Giacomotto
  • Book of hours for the use of Rome
    Printed by Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre (bookseller)
    Book printed on vellum
    22 August 1498
    Cl. 23940
    Purchased 
  • Embroidered orphrey stripe:  saint Peter, saint Philip, saint Thomas or saint Matthias
    Spain, 1st half of the 15th century
    Cl. 23941
    Donated by M. and Mme Daniel and Josiane Fruman
  • Chasuble with two orphreys 
    Spain, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Cl. 23942
    Donated by M. and Mme Daniel and Josiane Fruman
  • Three embroidered fragments: The Last Supper, The Washing of the Feet, Christ at Emmaus
    Flanders, circa 1480
    Cl. 23943-1, Cl. 23943-2, Cl. 23943-3
    Purchased
  • Three dalmatic panels
    End of the 15th century
    Cl. 23944-1, Cl. 23944-2, Cl. 23944-3
    Purchased 
  • Illuminated page : Woman praying 
    From the book of hours of Maître Collins
    Miniature on vellum
    Height: 18,5 cm ; width: 12,5 cm
    Circa 1450
    Cl. 23945
    Purchased