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Pictured is a circa 1480 high-relief sculpture in walnut with paint and gilding titled `The Lamentation` on display in the Cloisters in New York City. Each figure in this group displays an intensely emotional response to the death by crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Cloisters is governed by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Cloisters specializes in Medieval art and architecture with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods.