Medieval Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum: When the English spoke French

Limoges workshop, The Becket Casket, ca. 1180-1190, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Medieval Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum: When the English spoke French brings together more than 70 masterpieces of medieval art from the Victoria and Albert Museum for the first time in Paris. The exhibition comprises sculpture, enamelled glass, textiles, ceramics, manuscript illumination, metalwork, and jewellery, and illustrates the complex and interdependent relationship of England and Continental Europe throughout the Middle Ages. It showcases extraordinary works made in England, France, Italy, and beyond, and illustrate the rich artistic culture that flourished in what was a truly international age. Highlights include many of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s most remarkable works of art including The Gloucester Candlestick, The Becket Casket, The Clare Chasuble and the Luck of Edenhall.

 The exhibition is organised by The Al Thani Collection Foundation and the Centre des Monuments Nationaux in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.