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Stone cloister arcade with rounded arches and carved column capitals, looking across a gravel courtyard toward pale limestone walls.

Saint-Guilhem Cloister

A stone cloister walk with rounded arches and paired columns, their carved capitals ornamented with foliage and figures. Pale limestone surfaces and a gravel courtyard are visible beyond the open arcade, with a dark stone bench in the foreground.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 12th–early 13th century
Medium
Limestone
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3791 × 3792 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1234).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1925

Español: Claustro de Saint-Guilhem con capiteles tallados

Un corredor de claustro de piedra con arcos de medio punto y columnas agrupadas, cuyos capiteles tallados muestran follaje y figuras. Se ven superficies de caliza clara y un patio de grava tras la arcada abierta, con un banco de piedra oscura en primer plano.

Português: Claustro de Saint-Guilhem com capitéis esculpidos

Um corredor de claustro em pedra com arcos redondos e colunas emparelhadas, cujos capitéis esculpidos apresentam folhagens e figuras. Superfícies de calcário claro e um pátio de cascalho aparecem através da arcada aberta, com um banco de pedra escura em primeiro plano.

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