A striking pairing in the installation Crossroads: Power and Piety | Insider Insights

Join Met curators for a conversation on Crossroads: Power and Piety, part of a series of new installations drawn from diverse areas of The Met collection, and take a closer look at a pair of objects from Africa and Europe.

Learn more about the installation: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/crossroads/power-and-piety

Featured Artworks:

African Magus, one of the Three Kings from an Adoration Group, before 1489. Made in Swabia, Germany. Maple, paint and gilt, 61 1/2 x 17 x 13 1/4 in., 65 lb. (156.2 x 43.2 x 33.7 cm, 29.5 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1952 (52.83.2)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471432?&pkgids=624&exhibitionId=%7bD8F8CE97-EE08-4C37-BDFF-0221779D3BF0%7d&oid=471432&ft=*&fe=1

Male Figure with Raised Arms, 14th–17th century. Mali, Tintam village. Dogon peoples. Wood, patina, H. 82 7/8 x W. 14 1/4 x D. 8 3/8 in. (210.5 x 36.2 x 21.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969 (1978.412.322)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310765?&pkgids=624&exhibitionId=%7bD8F8CE97-EE08-4C37-BDFF-0221779D3BF0%7d&oid=310765&ft=*&fe=1

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