Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.5) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Bryon C. Foy, 1957 (C.I.57.29.8) / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb1/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: El Greco, Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), c. 1600, oil on canvas; right: Evening Coat, Cristóbal Balenciaga for Balenciaga, Autumn/Winter 1954–55
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.15) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1954 (2009.300.1185a, b) / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb2/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Follower of Lippo Memmi, Saint Peter, mid-14th century, tempera on wood, gold ground; right: Evening Dress, Elsa Schiaparelli, Summer 1939
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1993 (1993.163) / ©The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Donatella Versace, 1999 (1999.137.1) / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb3/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Processional cross, Byzantine, c. 1000–1050, silver, silver gilt; right: Evening Dress, Gianni Versace for Versace, Fall 1997–98
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane DickFund and Fletcher Fund, 1998; Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Dodge Fund, and Rogers Fund, 1999 (1998.69; 1999.99) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; Courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb4/8Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Left: Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Byzantine, 500–550, with modern restoration, marble, and glass; right: Ensemble, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana for Dolce & Gabbana, Fall 2013–14
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Irwin Untemeyer, 1964 (64.101.1291) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; Courtesy of Valentino S.p.A. / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb5/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Bible and Book of Common Prayer, British, c. 1607, silk and metal; right: Evening Dress, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino, Spring 2014 haute couture
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of May Dougherty King, 1983 (1983.490) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946 (C.I.46.4.17a–c) / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb6/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Attr. to Zanobi Strozzi, The Nativity (detail), c. 1433–34, tempera and gold on wood; right: Evening Dress, Jeanne Lanvin for Lanvin, 1939
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpoint Morgan, 1917 (17.190.497) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; Courtesy of CHANEL / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb7/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Reliquary cross, Italian, 14th century, enamel, silver gilt, coral, glass, rock crystal, gold leaf; right: Gilet, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Fall 2008–09
Photos: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., 1994 (1994.516) / © Metropolitan Museum of Art; ; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1988 (2009.300.1373) / Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb8/8“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Left: Manuscript Leaf With Scenes From the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian, c. 1320–42, tempera and gold on parchment; right, Evening Dress, Madame Grès, 1969
