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Crucifix, Kongo artist, 16th–17th century
KKongo artist

Crucifix

16th–17th century · Metal-Sculpture

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Accession number
1999.295.7

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In the same room · Gallery 344, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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On the same theme · Cross

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room344

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Sep 28, 2026
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Pendant with Saint Anthony of Padua, Kongo artist, 16th–19th century

Pendant with Saint Anthony of Padua

16th–19th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ figure, Kongo artist, 18th–19th century

Christ figure

18th–19th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua, Kongo artist, 16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua

16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Staff with Saint Anthony of Padua, Kongo artist, 19th century

Staff with Saint Anthony of Padua

19th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi), Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga, ca. 1880–1900

Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi), ca. 1880–1900

Mwanangana (lord of the land) playing a sanza, Chokwe artist, 19th century (before 1869)

Chokwe artist

Mwanangana (lord of the land) playing a sanza, 19th century (before 1869)

Helmet crest from a nja masquerade, Grassfields artists, ca. 1800–80

Grassfields artists

Helmet crest from a nja masquerade, ca. 1800–80

Nlô byeri (reliquary guardian head), Betsi-Fang artist, 19th century

Betsi-Fang artist

Nlô byeri (reliquary guardian head), 19th century

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure), Okak-Fang artist, 19th century

Okak-Fang artist

Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure), 19th century

Hazomanga finial, Sakalava artist, 17th–late 18th century

Sakalava artist

Hazomanga finial, 17th–late 18th century

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), Ezra, ca. 1500

Ezra

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), ca. 1500

Gambanda (wife of the chief) mask, Pende artist, ca. 1900

Pende artist

Gambanda (wife of the chief) mask, ca. 1900

Poet Gregory Corso addressing cross atop the Grey Nuns’ Orphanage grotto Kerouac immortalized in book 4 Chapter 1, _Doctor Sax_, a “gigantic pyramid of steps upon which the Cross itself poked phallically up with its poor burden the Son of Man all skewered across it in his Agony and fright – undoubtedly this statue moved in the night.” Lowell, Massachusetts, March 17, 1986., Allen Ginsberg, 1986, printed 1992

Allen Ginsberg

Poet Gregory Corso addressing cross atop the Grey Nuns’ Orphanage grotto Kerouac immortalized in book 4 Chapter 1, _Doctor Sax_, a “gigantic pyramid of steps upon which the Cross itself poked phallically up with its poor burden the Son of Man all skewered across it in his Agony and fright – undoubtedly this statue moved in the night.” Lowell, Massachusetts, March 17, 1986., 1986, printed 1992

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Honfleur: Calvary, Camille Corot, ca. 1830

Camille Corot

Honfleur: Calvary, ca. 1830

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Crucifixion, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, ca. 1675

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Crucifixion, ca. 1675

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington, D.C. Sitting beneath the emblem of the crucifixion of Jesus on Calvary. Two members of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church listen and pray., Gordon Parks, August 1942, printed later

Gordon Parks

Washington, D.C. Sitting beneath the emblem of the crucifixion of Jesus on Calvary. Two members of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church listen and pray., August 1942, printed later

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Peruvian Peddler, Gordon Parks, 1960

Gordon Parks

Peruvian Peddler, 1960

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Salvator Mundi, Hans Memling, 1480–85

Hans Memling

Salvator Mundi, 1480–85

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga, Guercino, ca. 1650

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga, ca. 1650

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Salle Erecting a Cross and Taking Possession of the Land.  March 25, 1682, George Catlin, 1847/1848

George Catlin

La Salle Erecting a Cross and Taking Possession of the Land. March 25, 1682, 1847/1848

Not on view · National Gallery of Art