Exhibition poster, Witte Museum
Emperor Maximilian on Horseback (detail)
Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair, German 1518

He has been celebrated as a hero and satirized as a fool, canonized as a saint and anathematized as a devil. No doubt about it: The knight in shining armor is one of the most compelling and contradictory figures who ever rode across the landscape of history.

The Art of Chivalry
European Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

An exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Federation of Arts. Supported by grants from SCM Corporation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Patrons of the American Federation of Arts.

The photo-panel version of this exhibition was created and produced by the Texas Humanities Resource Center, in collaboration with the Witte Museum, San Antonio, with special assistance from the American Federation of Arts. Funding was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This electronic version is made possible by a grant from the Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston.