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Description: Illustration of Taishōkan, detail

TitleIllustration of Taishōkan, detail

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1550

Object typePainting

Materialsink and color on paper handscroll

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsMen in artScreen painting, JapaneseBlack people in art

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9. The Image of the Black in Japanese Art: From the Beginnings to 1850

Timon Screech

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

Many cultures see, or imagine, people with skins differently pigmented from their own, and create stories and pictures of them. Yet although there are many ancient Japanese legends of various kinds of Other, and of strange people in remote parts, the image of a people who could be called...

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Timon Screech

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.325-240

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00136.015

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Chapter subject tags:Other (Philosophy) in artArt, Japanese--To 1868ImperialismRace relations

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Foreign Kings on Horseback

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk and color on a pair of folding paper screens

LocationKobe City Museum, Japan; Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo

Foreign Kings on Horseback

Foreign Kings on Horseback, detail of Emperor Susenyos

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610

Object typePainting

Materialsfold, ink and color on a pair of folding paper screens

LocationSuntory Museum of Art, Tokyo

https://www.suntory.com/sma/collection/gallery/detail?lang=en&id=611

Foreign Kings on Horseback, detail of...

Foreign Kings on Horseback, detail of Emperor Susenyos

Black devil, From Cai Ruxian, Portraits of Eastern Barbarians

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1586

Object typePrint

Materialsprint

Black devil, From Cai Ruxian, Portraits...

Black devil, From Cai Ruxian, Portraits of Eastern Barbarians

Aeneas sacrificing to the household gods, detail of the Ara Pacis, dedicated 9 BC

Posted by:John Carlson

Aeneas sacrificing to the household...

Aeneas sacrificing to the household gods, detail of the Ara Pacis, dedicated 9 BC

Black men in a fight, leaf from Diez album, Iran

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/culturePersian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typePainting

Materialsopaque ink and gold on paper

Dimensions27 × 29.1 cm

LocationBerlin State Library

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN736013601&PHYSID=PHYS_0046&DMDID=DMDLOG_0046

Accession numberDiez A fol. 72

Black men in a fight, leaf from Diez...

Black men in a fight, leaf from Diez album, Iran

Hy Boris and Ad Bates in Edith Segal's Black and White

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1933

Object typePhotograph

LocationTamiment Library, New York University, New York

Hy Boris and Ad Bates in Edith Segal's...

Hy Boris and Ad Bates in Edith Segal's Black and White

Three figure studies

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)Attributed in a caption to Bahram al-Husayni

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1545

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk, opaque pigment, gold, and paper

Dimensions36 x 22.5 cm, inset

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 85a

Three figure studies

Michael, Leo, and Allan on horseback in Paris

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1912

Object typePhotograph

Michael, Leo, and Allan on horseback in...

Michael, Leo, and Allan on horseback in Paris

Funerary statue of Kroisos

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 525 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Funerary statue of Kroisos

Figurine of black acrobat with Africanized features

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 600–800 AD

Object typeSculpture

Materialsterracotta

Figurine of black acrobat with...

Figurine of black acrobat with Africanized features

Legend of St. Thomas, detail: two crouching figures; one a wild man

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeSculpture

LocationChurch of Notre Dame, Semur-en-Auxois, France

Legend of St. Thomas, detail: two...

Legend of St. Thomas, detail: two crouching figures; one a wild man

Head of an African

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 50 B.C.–50 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

Dimensions8.7 in. (22 cm) H

LocationAllard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam

Head of an African

Seated Male Figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions7.5 cm (3 in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/51754

Accession number1958.14.38

Seated Male Figure

Augustus II the Strong as a Moorish King

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator name (description)After Johann Samuel Mock

LocationStaatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany

Accession numberC 6672 (Ca 197, Bl. 14)

Augustus II the Strong as a Moorish King

Matta in Taxco

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1941

Object typePhotograph

Matta in Taxco

Description: Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, crosshatches, dotted bands, and...

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, crosshatches, dotted bands, and zigzag markings

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureCasas Grandes

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1280–1450

Object typeContainer

MaterialsRamos Polychrome

Dimensions6 1/2 x 4 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (16.5 x 12.4 x 14 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male effigy vessel with raised...

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, crosshatches, dotted bands, and zigzag markings

Description: Rao Lakhpatji holding court. From Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds.,...

Rao Lakhpatji holding court. From Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

Rao Lakhpatji holding court. From...

Rao Lakhpatji holding court. From Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006)

Agias, from the Daochos monument, Delphi

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)Probably after Lysippos, c. 338–334 BC

LocationDelphi Museum, Delphi

Agias, from the Daochos monument, Delphi

Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date1795

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsCopper

LocationTemi Odumosu private collection

Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress

Figurine Fragment

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900BC-AD100

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

DimensionsOverall: 7.938 x 6.8cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52346

Accession number1958.14.70

Figurine Fragment

Seated male figure wearing a helmet

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. AD 100

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male figure wearing a helmet

Black servant with flowers

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1500–1550

Object typePainting

LocationMenil Collection, Houston

Black servant with flowers

Description: Crossing the Red Sea (detail): the pharaoh's army. "Ashburnham...

Crossing the Red Sea (detail): the pharaoh's army. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 68r.

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 500–600 AD

Object typeOther

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Crossing the Red Sea (detail): the...

Crossing the Red Sea (detail): the pharaoh's army. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 68r.

Goblet with a stem in the form of black man holding the cup

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1625–1650

Object typeOther

MaterialsGold, enamel, and cameos

Dimensionsheight: 43.3 cm

LocationDe Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling på Rosenborg, Copenhagen

http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/object/lidded-standing-cup-with-cameos-and-intaglios/

Accession number6.78

Goblet with a stem in the form of black...

Goblet with a stem in the form of black man holding the cup

Bowl with figures (Schale mit Figuren)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator name (description)Workshop of the Fungom Region, Cameroon

Creator nationality/cultureCameroonian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood

DimensionsH: 35 cm

LocationVölkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich

Accession number10087

Bowl with figures (Schale mit Figuren)

Discussion concerning men of color (Discussion sur les hommes de couleur)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1791

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberQbl 1791

Discussion concerning men of color...

Discussion sur les hommes de couleur

St. Maurice

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1447

Object typePainting

LocationStefansdom, Vienna

St. Maurice

Hanging of Freeman

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on ticking

Dimensions265 × 330 cm

LocationNew York State Historical Association

Hanging of Freeman

Betrayal of Judas. "Sarum missal," fol. 150v

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationJohn Rylands Library, Manchester, England

Betrayal of Judas. "Sarum missal," fol....

Betrayal of Judas. "Sarum missal," fol. 150v

The base of a Buddhist altar, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 700–730 AD

Object typeSculpture

Materialsbronze relief

LocationYakushiji Temple, Nara, Japan

The base of a Buddhist altar, detail

Askos (flask with a spout and handle)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 400–301 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions3.3 in. (8.4 cm) H

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254212

Accession number41.162.45

Askos (flask with a spout and handle)

Askos in the form a child seizing a goose

Description: Nursery of the "Kammermohr," from "Puppenstadt 'Mon...

Nursery of the "Kammermohr," from "Puppenstadt 'Mon Plaisir'

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1716–1735

Object typeOther

MaterialsBox with objects made of wood, cloth, wax, oakum, and ceramic

LocationSchlossmuseum, Arnstadt, Germany

Nursery of the "Kammermohr," from...

Nursery of the "Kammermohr," from "Puppenstadt 'Mon Plaisir'

Male figure carrying a maguey agave heart with a tumpline

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Male figure carrying a maguey agave...

Male figure carrying a maguey agave heart with a tumpline

Portrait of a seated scribe

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)Attributed in a caption to Ibn Muezzin

Creator nationality/cultureOttoman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1450–1500

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque pigment, gold and paper

Dimensions18.2 x 14 cm, sheet

LocationIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberP15e8-4

Portrait of a seated scribe

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 24

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk and pigment on gold leaf

Dimensions65 3/4 × 133 × 3/4 in. (1 m 67 cm × 3 m 37.8 cm × 1.91 cm)

LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX

https://collections.dma.org/artwork/3328309

Accession number1989.78.a–b.McD

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Tobacco paper for "Newman's best Virginia"

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3163038&partId=1&searchText=newman%27s+best+virginia&page=1

Accession numberHeal,117.121

Tobacco paper for "Newman's best...

Tobacco paper for "Newman's best Virginia"

[John Fraser, Tambourinist with the Coldstream Guards Band]

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 13

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1790–1800

Object typePrint

MaterialsMezzotint

LocationBritish Museum, London

[John Fraser, Tambourinist with the...

[John Fraser, Tambourinist with the Coldstream Guards Band]

Saint Benoît le Maure

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator name (description)After Nicolas Eustache Maurin

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1822

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

Dimensions110 × 65 mm

LocationFrontispiece to Henri Grégoire, "Manuel de piété à l'usage des hommes de couleur et des Noirs", 2nd rev. ed. (Paris, 1822), facing p. 101. Département des Imprimés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberD 36345

Saint Benoît le Maure

Resurrection of the dead

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1220–1230

Object typeSculpture

LocationMusée de Cluny, Paris

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/resurrection-morts-notre-dame.html

Accession numberCl. 18643 a-b-c-d, RF 996

Resurrection of the dead

Description: Four portraits identified in captions as Bihzad, Kopek Qiran, Hafiz Qasim, and Hafiz...

Four portraits identified in captions as Bihzad, Kopek Qiran, Hafiz Qasim, and Hafiz Mahicha

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1530–1560

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque pigment and paper

Dimensionsdimensions between 16.5 x 11.5 cm and 12.5 x 7.6 cm

LocationIstanbul, Turkey University Library, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberF.1422, fol. 32b

Four portraits identified in captions as...

Four portraits identified in captions as Bihzad, Kopek Qiran, Hafiz Qasim, and Hafiz Mahicha

Jewel fresco fragment: pendants in the form of heads of blacks wearing earrings

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureMinoan

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600 B.C.

Object typePainting

MaterialsPainted stucco

Dimensions3.1 in. (8 cm) H

LocationArcheological Museum, Herakleion, Crete

Jewel fresco fragment: pendants in the...

Jewel fresco fragment: pendants in the form of heads of blacks wearing earrings

Description: Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, a serrated band, serrated...

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, a serrated band, serrated macaw-head motifs, and zigzag markings

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureCasas Grandes

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1280–1450

Object typeContainer

MaterialsRamos Polychrome

Dimensions8 x 6 x 6 1/2 in. (20.3 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male effigy vessel with raised...

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, a serrated band, serrated macaw-head motifs, and zigzag markings

Heads of Delilah, Samson, and a black carved under the abacus of a pillar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1250

Object typeSculpture

LocationCathedral of Notre Dame, Rouen, France

Heads of Delilah, Samson, and a black...

Heads of Delilah, Samson, and a black carved under the abacus of a pillar

Three figure studies, one with calligraphy signed by Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)Signed by Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1540–1550

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk, opaque pigment, gold, and paper

Dimensions48.4 x 34.5 cm, folio

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 148a

Three figure studies, one with...

Three figure studies, one with calligraphy signed by Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri

Alexander defeats the Sangis, "Iskandarnama," Bengal

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1500–1600

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

LocationBritish Library, London

Alexander defeats the Sangis,...

Alexander defeats the Sangis, "Iskandarnama," Bengal

Ruler with subjects

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2134–1800 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialssteatite

Dimensions11.4 × 11.4 × 5.9 cm

LocationPetrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London

Ruler with subjects

Seated male figure holding a cup and an acocote gourd sucking tube

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationDenver Art Museum

Seated male figure holding a cup and an...

Seated male figure holding a cup and an acocote gourd sucking tube

Automaton of a black man with a clock encased in his chest

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleWatchmaker/Clockmaker

Creation date1646

Object typeTimepiece

MaterialsWood, gild, enamel, and precious stones

Dimensionsheight: 69 cm

LocationSchweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich

https://www.nationalmuseum.ch/sammlung_online/?lauftext=&sID=28&numOf=30&detailID=104259#104259

Accession numberDep. 2443

Automaton of a black man with a clock...

Automaton of a black man with a clock encased in his chest

Black couple

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2153

Black couple

Capital decorated with four heads

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1212–1220

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLimestone

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/8 × 13 × 13 in. (35.9 × 33 × 33 cm)

LocationThe Cloisters, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470282

Accession number55.66

Capital decorated with four heads

Standing human figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsStone

Dimensions7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (19 x 8.9 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52039

Accession number1960.44.1

Standing human figure

Land of the Indians. "Life of Barlaam and Joasaph," fol. 3r (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1150–1250

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationIveron monastery, Mount Athos, Greece

Land of the Indians. "Life of Barlaam...

Land of the Indians. "Life of Barlaam and Joasaph," fol. 3r (detail)

An intoxicated crowd, Kishangarh

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600–1700

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

An intoxicated crowd, Kishangarh

Dancing shamans

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2143

Dancing shamans

Ikhlas Khan and Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of Bijapur

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1650–1675

Object typePainting

Materialsopaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensionsimage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.45 × 19.37 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

https://collections.lacma.org/node/226895

Accession numberM.76.2.35

Ikhlas Khan and Sultan Muhammad Adil...

Ikhlas Khan and Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of Bijapur

Herm ending in an African head

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureCarthaginian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 150–200 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBlack limestone

DimensionsOverall 31.5 in. (80 cm) H

LocationAntiquarium, Carthage, Tunisia

Herm ending in an African head

Judgment of Solomon

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeSculpture

LocationCathedral of Saint-Etienne, Auxerre, France

Judgment of Solomon

Resurrection of the dead, detail: head of the black

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1220–1230

Object typeSculpture

LocationMusée de Cluny, Paris

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/resurrection-morts-notre-dame.html

Accession numberCl. 18643 a-b-c-d, RF 996

Resurrection of the dead, detail: head...

Resurrection of the dead, detail: head of the black

Differences in Coiffure and Facial Markings as Seen by an Early European Traveler

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1910

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsDrawing

LocationBritish Library, London

Differences in Coiffure and Facial...

Differences in Coiffure and Facial Markings as Seen by an Early European Traveler

A ruler serenaded by black musicians, p. 13, no. 1. Iran

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typePainting

Materialsopaque ink and gold on paper

Dimensions29.1 × 21 cm

LocationBerlin State Library

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN635104741&PHYSID=PHYS_0025&DMDID=DMDLOG_0025

Accession numberDiez A fol. 71

A ruler serenaded by black musicians, p....

A ruler serenaded by black musicians, p. 13, no. 1. Iran

Description: Figurines of female and male African servants excavated from the tomb of Lady Pei,...

Figurines of female and male African servants excavated from the tomb of Lady Pei, Xi'an

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 850 AD

Object typeSculpture

Materialsterracotta

Figurines of female and male African...

Figurines of female and male African servants excavated from the tomb of Lady Pei, Xi'an

Healing of the Gadarene demoniacs, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 25

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1180–1190

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

https://gallica-bnf-fr.revproxy.brown.edu/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f16.image.r=Latin%208846

Accession numberMS lat. 8846, fol. 3v

Healing of the Gadarene demoniacs,...

Healing of the Gadarene demoniacs, detail

Seated male figure holding a bowl and drinking tube

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationGalerie Mermoz, Paris

Seated male figure holding a bowl and...

Seated male figure holding a bowl and drinking tube

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Murray with Dido Elizabeth Belle

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationScone Palace, Perth, United Kingdom

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Murray with...

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Murray with Dido Elizabeth Belle

Warriors dancing

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)Copy after late fourth-century BC Attic original

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 100–1 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Warriors dancing

Mosaic: black bath attendant

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

Dimensions32.3 × 27.6 in. (82 × 70 cm)

LocationMusée Archéologique, Timgad, Algeria

Mosaic: black bath attendant

Description: Covered oval bowl with dragon handles, encrusted with cameos, several with blacks'...

Covered oval bowl with dragon handles, encrusted with cameos, several with blacks' heads

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureDanish

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1625–1650

Object typeOther

MaterialsGold, enamel, and cameos

Dimensionsheight: 31.5 cm

LocationDe Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling på Rosenborg, Copenhagen

Accession number6.80

Covered oval bowl with dragon handles,...

Covered oval bowl with dragon handles, encrusted with cameos, several with blacks' heads

Male figure from Attica

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 600–575 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Male figure from Attica

Shark swallowing a man

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Shark swallowing a man

Portrait of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nameNason, Pieter

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1666

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions232 × 171 cm

LocationMuzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

Accession numberM.Ob.527

Portrait of Johan Maurits van...

Portrait of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen

Description: Decorated initial introducing St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. "New...

Decorated initial introducing St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. "New Testament and Psalter," fol. 91v

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1150–1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque municipale, Bourg-en-Bresse, France

Decorated initial introducing St. Paul's...

Decorated initial introducing St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. "New Testament and Psalter," fol. 91v

Double-page painting of a horse and Chinese grooms

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1400–1500

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque pigment and silk

Dimensions49. x 30.4 cm, horse; 39.9 x 28.2 cm, grooms

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fols. 33b–34a

Double-page painting of a horse and...

Double-page painting of a horse and Chinese grooms

Hercules and the Cretan bul, metope from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 575–550 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationOlympia Museum, Olympia

Hercules and the Cretan bul, metope from...

Hercules and the Cretan bul, metope from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia

A black man pulling at his tongue, watched by an older man

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2160

A black man pulling at his tongue,...

A black man pulling at his tongue, watched by an older man

Wall painting

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

Materialswall painting

LocationCity Palace, Jamnagar, India

Wall painting

Standing male figure with a patterned shirt and conical hat

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 200

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions31 x 15 x 9 in. (78.74 x 38.1 x 22.86 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/253587

Accession numberM.86.296.12

Standing male figure with a patterned...

Standing male figure with a patterned shirt and conical hat

Mosaic of Silenus (detail): young black behind a dromedary

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureTunisian

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 175–225 A.D.

Object typeMosaic

DimensionsOverall: 143.7 in. (365 cm)

LocationMusée Archéologique, El Djem, Tunisia

Mosaic of Silenus (detail): young black...

Mosaic of Silenus (detail): young black behind a dromedary

Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1810

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching and aquatint

LocationDaniel Lysons, "Collectanea," vol. I. British Library, London

Accession numberC.103.k.11

Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus

Description: Lion hunt in Libya. Pseudo-Oppian, "Cynegetica," fol. 41r...

Lion hunt in Libya. Pseudo-Oppian, "Cynegetica," fol. 41r (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date900–10000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Lion hunt in Libya. Pseudo-Oppian,...

Lion hunt in Libya. Pseudo-Oppian, "Cynegetica," fol. 41r (detail)

Male figure blowing through a tube into a bowl

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationRon Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Male figure blowing through a tube into...

Male figure blowing through a tube into a bowl

Seated male effigy vessel with black, cross-shaped motifs

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureAnasazi

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1275–1325

Object typeContainer

MaterialsPinedale Black-on-white

Dimensions6 1/8 x 5 x 5 in. (15.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male effigy vessel with black,...

Seated male effigy vessel with black, cross-shaped motifs

Portrait of Francis Williams, the Scholar of Jamaica

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions66 x 50.1 cm

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O56347/francis-williams-the-scholar-of-oil-painting-unknown/

Accession number83-1928

Portrait of Francis Williams, the...

Portrait of Francis Williams

Slip Painted Bowl (figural), Iran (Nishapur)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureSamanid

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date900CE–1000

Object typeContainer

Materialspottery

LocationMuseum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar

Slip Painted Bowl (figural), Iran...

Slip Painted Bowl (figural), Iran (Nishapur)

Bilal the Abyssinian giving the call to prayer

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1594–1595

Object typePainting

MaterialsGouache on paper

DimensionsFrom al-Waqidi, "Siyer-i Nebi," vol. III, Istanbul

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul

Bilal the Abyssinian giving the call to...

Bilal the Abyssinian giving the call to prayer

Lion hunt, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus

Posted by:John Carlson

Lion hunt, detail of side of the...

Lion hunt, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus

Description: Rao Desalji holding court, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds.,...

Rao Desalji holding court, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006), p. 236

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

Rao Desalji holding court, from Kenneth...

Rao Desalji holding court, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006), p. 236

Marsyas

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After Pergamene original of c. 200 BC

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Marsyas

Powder flask with two shell cameos

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1525–1550

Object typeOther

MaterialsShell

Dimensionsheight: 31.2 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_WB-230

Accession numberWADD.230

Powder flask with two shell cameos

Description: The Virgin with Capuchin monks and African converts. Illustration for Giovanni...

The Virgin with Capuchin monks and African converts. Illustration for Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi, "Istorica descrizione de'tre regni Congo, Matamba et Angola (Bologna, 1687), frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1687

Object typePrint

MaterialsPrint

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession number569.i.9

The Virgin with Capuchin monks and...

The Virgin with Capuchin monks and African converts. Illustration for Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi, "Istorica descrizione de'tre regni Congo, Matamba et Angola (Bologna, 1687), frontispiece

Description: Black executioner in the judgment of Solomon. Carved tympanum, left side of the...

Black executioner in the judgment of Solomon. Carved tympanum, left side of the lower register

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1220

Object typeSculpture

LocationCathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres, France

Black executioner in the judgment of...

Black executioner in the judgment of Solomon. Carved tympanum, left side of the lower register

Description: Armorial bearings of the Count of Anthonis (Greek), of the Duke of Aschalott...

Armorial bearings of the Count of Anthonis (Greek), of the Duke of Aschalott (Walachia), of the Duke of Zaltaygen (Greek), and of Alexander of Littow (Greek). Ulrich Richental, "Das Konzil zu Konstanze," fols. 135r and 135v (details)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1465

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsPaper

LocationRosgarten-Museum, Constance

Accession numberHs. I

Armorial bearings of the Count of...

Armorial bearings of the Count of Anthonis (Greek)

A black man at a court reception, p. 3, Iran

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/culturePersian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typePainting

Materialsopaque ink and gold on paper

Dimensions34 × 28.2 cm

LocationBerlin State Library

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN73601313X&PHYSID=PHYS_0006&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006

Accession numberDiez A fol. 70

A black man at a court reception, p. 3,...

A black man at a court reception, p. 3, Iran

A wooden servant

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 700

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood with traces of gesso

Dimensions13 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (33.8 x 18.2 x 14 cm)

LocationPrinceton University Art Museum, New Jersey

http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/33418

Accession numbery1990-71

A wooden servant

Notre Père qui êtes aux ciel

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator name (description)After Nicolas Eustache Maurin

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1822

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

Dimensions111 × 64 mm

LocationFrontispiece to Henri Grégoire, "Manuel de piété à l'usage des hommes de couleur et des Noirs", 2nd rev. ed. (Paris, 1822). Département des Imprimés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberD 36345

Notre Père qui êtes aux...

Notre Père qui êtes aux ciel

Virgin of Mercy

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1470–1630

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPolychrome glazed faience

DimensionsCollegiate Church, Anghiari, Italy

Virgin of Mercy

Epsicopal throne supported by three atlantes (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1098

Object typeSculpture

LocationChurch of St. Nicholas, Bari, Italy

Epsicopal throne supported by three...

Epsicopal throne supported by three atlantes (detail)

Joseph Beuys in a boxing match with an art student at Documetna V, Kassel

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After an Attic original

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation daten/a

Object typePhotograph

Joseph Beuys in a boxing match with an...

Joseph Beuys in a boxing match with an art student at Documetna V, Kassel

Description: A group of Jesuits at the Ethiopian court. Illustration for Balthazar Tellez,...

A group of Jesuits at the Ethiopian court. Illustration for Balthazar Tellez, "Historia geral de Ethioia" (Coimbra, 1660), frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1660

Object typePrint

MaterialsPrint

LocationBiblioteca Geral de Universidade, Coimbra, Brazil

Accession numbercote 984.f.15, cote 1.20.12.197, frontispiece, Foy. 68

A group of Jesuits at the Ethiopian...

A group of Jesuits at the Ethiopian court. Illustration for Balthazar Tellez, "Historia geral de Ethioia" (Coimbra, 1660), frontispiece

Marie de Medici's plaque de lumière

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleJeweler

Creation datec. 1630

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsSardonyx and cameos

Dimensions45 × 24 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010096581

Accession numberMR 251

Marie de Medici's plaque de...

Marie de Medici's plaque de lumière

Figure wearing a short shirt and breeches

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Presley Norton, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Figure wearing a short shirt and...

Figure wearing a short shirt and breeches

An Abyssinian retainer of Rustam Khan

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator name (description)Payag (?)

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1650–1657

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

LocationChester Beatty Library, Dublin

Accession numberCBL In 07B.35

An Abyssinian retainer of Rustam Khan

Hermes Propylaios

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationArchaeological Museum, Istanbul

Hermes Propylaios

Description: African with piercings. Illustration for John Bulwer,...

African with piercings. Illustration for John Bulwer, "Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd; or, the Artificial Changeling . . ." (London, 1653), p. 179

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1653

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

African with piercings. Illustration for...

African with piercings. Illustration for John Bulwer, "Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd; or, the Artificial Changeling . . ." (London, 1653), p. 179

Cherry, from a Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 08

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600–1700

Object typePainting

MaterialsSix-panel screen; ink, mineral color, and gold and silver pigment on paper

Dimensions62 in. × 9 ft 2 1/2 in. (157.5 × 280.7 cm)

LocationCollection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, L.L.B. 1963

Cherry, from a Pair of Six-Panel...

Cherry, from a Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Description: Chancellor Matthew of Ajello treating his gout in a black man's blood. Peter of...

Chancellor Matthew of Ajello treating his gout in a black man's blood. Peter of Eboli, "Liber ad honorem augusti," fol. 127r

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1195–1197

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBurgerbibliothek, Bern

Chancellor Matthew of Ajello treating...

Chancellor Matthew of Ajello treating his gout in a black man's blood. Peter of Eboli, "Liber ad honorem augusti," fol. 127r

Series of male statues

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation datec. 630–470 BC

Object typeIllustration

Series of male statues

Head of an African

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 50 B.C.–50 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

Dimensions8.7 in. (22 cm) H

LocationAllard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam

Head of an African

Rao Lakhpatji in procession, Kutch

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Rao Lakhpatji in procession, Kutch

A black man with a staff

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2153

A black man with a staff

The dancing girl of Mohenjo Daro

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2500 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsbronze

LocationNational Museum of India, New Delhi

http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/prodCollections.asp?pid=44&id=1&lk=dp1

Accession number5721/195

The dancing girl of Mohenjo Daro

Male figure carrying a vessel with a tumpline

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection, New York

Male figure carrying a vessel with a...

Male figure carrying a vessel with a tumpline

Allegory of the Four Continents

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator name (description)After Charles le Brun

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

Allegory of the Four Continents

Court Society, from "Puppenstadt 'Mon Plaisir'

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1716–1735

Object typeOther

MaterialsBox with objects made of wood, cloth, wax, oakum, and ceramic

LocationSchlossmuseum, Arnstadt, Germany

Court Society, from "Puppenstadt 'Mon...

Court Society, from "Puppenstadt 'Mon Plaisir'

Portrait of a young man

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)After Bronzino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1540

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and paper

Dimensions36,5 x 24 cm, painting

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 115a

Portrait of a young man

Standing male figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Standing male figurine

Tomb of Demetrius and Philonicus

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 30–1 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationBritish Museum, London

Tomb of Demetrius and Philonicus

A troop of mounted men, Bhavnagar

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

Materialswall painting

A troop of mounted men, Bhavnagar

Joseph bathing in the Nile, Kashmir

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1650

Object typePainting

LocationChester Beatty Library, Dublin

Accession numberCBL In 31.3

Joseph bathing in the Nile, Kashmir

Capital decorated with four heads, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1300–1400

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLimestone

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/8 × 13 × 13 in. (35.9 × 33 × 33 cm)

LocationThe Cloisters, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470282

Accession number55.66

Capital decorated with four heads,...

Capital decorated with four heads, detail

Chairman Mao Is the Great Savior of the World Revolutionary Peoples

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1968

Object typePrint

LocationInternational Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

Chairman Mao Is the Great Savior of the...

Chairman Mao Is the Great Savior of the World Revolutionary Peoples

A black man beating a horse

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2153

A black man beating a horse

A black man, sometimes thought to be Equiano

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions61.8 x 51.5 cm

LocationRoyal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, United Kingdom

Accession number14/1943

A black man, sometimes thought to be...

A black man, sometimes thought to be Equiano

Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator name (description)After Pontormo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1555–1565

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on limewood panel

Dimensions47 × 35 cm

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134159/alessandro-de-medici-oil-painting-pontormo/

Accession numberno. CAI.171

Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici

Description: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature."...

Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature." Illustration for Dionysio Carli, "Der nach Venedig überbrachte Mohr…" (Augsburg, 1692), frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1692

Object typePrint

MaterialsPrint

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession number10025.cc.4

Go ye into the whole world and preach...

Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature." Illustration for Dionysio Carli, "Der nach Venedig überbrachte Mohr…" (Augsburg, 1692), frontispiece

Negroid profile carved in shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureMinoan

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2000–7150 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

Dimensions1.8 in. (4.5 cm) L

LocationAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, United Kingdom

Negroid profile carved in shell

An African at a boisterous party at an inn. The Deccan (Aurangabad?), Mughal

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1680

Object typePainting

An African at a boisterous party at an...

An African at a boisterous party at an inn. The Deccan (Aurangabad?), Mughal

Contortionist

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Contortionist

Black Ship and Crew, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Materialscolor on paper

LocationRyōsenji Treasure Museum, Shimoda, Japan

Black Ship and Crew, detail

Goblet with an ostrich egg

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1570–1575

Object typeOther

MaterialsOstrich egg, coral, gilded silver, partially painted

Dimensionsheight: 56.8 cm

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

http://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/87096/?offset=35&lv=list

Accession numberInv. 897

Goblet with an ostrich egg

Male figurine with detailed coiffure and diaper loincloth

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationStokes Family Collection, Upper Nyack, New York

Male figurine with detailed coiffure and...

Male figurine with detailed coiffure and diaper loincloth

Description: Joseph receives his brothers in Egypt (detail): Hebrews and Egyptians at table....

Joseph receives his brothers in Egypt (detail): Hebrews and Egyptians at table. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 44r.

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 500–600 AD

Object typeOther

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Joseph receives his brothers in Egypt...

Joseph receives his brothers in Egypt (detail): Hebrews and Egyptians at table. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 44r.

Keystone representing an unidentified subject

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1300–1350

Object typeSculpture

LocationSaint-Wandrille Abbey, Normandy, France

Keystone representing an unidentified...

Keystone representing an unidentified subject

Seated male figure holding a vat and drinking cup

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male figure holding a vat and...

Seated male figure holding a vat and drinking cup

Awakened Africa

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1960

Object typePrint

Materialsprint

LocationHutchins Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Awakened Africa

Description: First decan of Aries. Albumasaar, "Treatise on Astrology," fol. 6v...

First decan of Aries. Albumasaar, "Treatise on Astrology," fol. 6v (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator name (description)After the abridged Latin translation by Herman of Dalmatia

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationBibliothèque nationale, Paris

Accession numberMS. Lat. 7330

First decan of Aries. Albumasaar,...

First decan of Aries. Albumasaar, "Treatise on Astrology," fol. 6v (detail)

Description: Members of Siqueiros Experimental Workshop operating an airbrush on a parade float...

Members of Siqueiros Experimental Workshop operating an airbrush on a parade float for Independence Day

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1936

Object typePhotograph

Members of Siqueiros Experimental...

Members of Siqueiros Experimental Workshop operating an airbrush on a parade float for Independence Day

Cameo with a bust of a black man in left profile

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date1500–1600

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsSardonyx, with enameled gold mount

Dimensions9.1 × 6.6 cm

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberCat. Babelon, 1897, no. 593

Cameo with a bust of a black man in left...

Cameo with a bust of a black man in left profile

Four figures, two identified by labels

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1530–1550

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque pigment, gold, and paper

Dimensions48.4 x 34.5 cm, folio

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 139a

Four figures, two identified by labels

Hercules and the Keryneian hind, metope from the Treasury of Athens, Delphi

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 530–470 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationDelphi Museum, Delphi

Hercules and the Keryneian hind, metope...

Hercules and the Keryneian hind, metope from the Treasury of Athens, Delphi

Nawab Sidi Muhammad Haidar Khan of Sachin

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1930

Object typePhotograph

Materialsphotograph

Nawab Sidi Muhammad Haidar Khan of...

Nawab Sidi Muhammad Haidar Khan of Sachin

Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in Brand's New York studio

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in...

Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in Brand's New York studio

Three seated black men

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nameSiyah Qalam

Creator nationality/culturePersian, Turkmen, or western Central Asian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1400–1430

Object typePainting

Materialsalbum leaf

Dimensions16 × 26.5 cm

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2160

Three seated black men

Table clock

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleWatchmaker/Clockmaker

Creation datec. 1620

Object typeTimepiece

MaterialsBronze, copper, gilt, and enamel

Dimensionsheight: 28.5 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1888-1201-119

Accession number1888,1201.119

Table clock

Expedition at sea: kidnapping a Christian count, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationReal Monasterio, Escorial, Spain

Expedition at sea: kidnapping a...

Expedition at sea: kidnapping a Christian count. "Las Cántigas de Santa Maria" of Alfonso X the Wise, "Cantiga" XCV (detail)

The Physician as Man

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator name (description)after Hendrick Goltzius

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1587

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving and letterpress

DimensionsPlate: 7.36 × 9.06 in. (18.7 × 23 cm); sheet: 8.39 × 9.57 in. (21.3 × 24.3 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/231536.html

Accession number1959-6-8

The Physician as Man

Description: Destruction of the Tower of Babel and dispersion of the nations....

Destruction of the Tower of Babel and dispersion of the nations. "Octateuch," fol. 61v (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City

Destruction of the Tower of Babel and...

Destruction of the Tower of Babel and dispersion of the nations. "Octateuch," fol. 61v (detail)

Description: Armorial bearings of Heinrich von Morungen. "Weingartner...

Armorial bearings of Heinrich von Morungen. "Weingartner Liederhandschrift," p. 80

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1310–1320

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

Dimensions153 × 114 mm

LocationWürttembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany

Accession numberCod. HB XII 1

Armorial bearings of Heinrich von...

Armorial bearings of Heinrich von Morungen. "Weingartner Liederhandschrift," p. 80

Attic kantharos in the form of head of an elderly

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 550–500 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions7 in. (17.7 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

Attic kantharos in the form of head of...

Attic kantharos in the form of head of an elderly

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Scourging. Historiated initial. "Evangelistary," fol. 6r

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1150–1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque municipale, Laon, France

Scourging. Historiated initial....

Scourging. Historiated initial. "Evangelistary," fol. 6r

Suicidal Gaul and his Wife

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After Pergamene original of the second century, BC

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

LocationNational Museum, Rome

Suicidal Gaul and his Wife

Gaul committing suicide having killed his wife

Description: Africans with elongated lips. Illustration for Ptolemy,...

Africans with elongated lips. Illustration for Ptolemy, "Geography" (Strasbourg, 1525)

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1525

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession numberMaps C.1.b.7

Africans with elongated lips....

Africans with elongated lips. Illustration for Ptolemy, "Geography" (Strasbourg, 1525)

Fragment of a mosaic: chariot race in a circus and black grooms (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureTunisian

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 501–700 A.D.

Object typeMosaic

DimensionsOverall dims: 185 × 133.9 in. (470 × 340 cm)

LocationMusée National du Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia

Fragment of a mosaic: chariot race in a...

Fragment of a mosaic: chariot race in a circus and black grooms (detail)

Description: Portrait of the "Kuzlir Aga." Illustration for "A briefe...

Portrait of the "Kuzlir Aga." Illustration for "A briefe relation of the Turckes, their Kings, Emperors or Grandsigneurs, their conquests, religion, customes, habbits, etc." (Instanbul. Inscribed: 1618)

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1618

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and ink, with découpage, on paper

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1346717&partId=1&searchText=a+briefe+relation+of+the+turckes&page=1

Accession number1974,0617,0.13.4.v

Portrait of the "Kuzlir Aga."...

Portrait of the "Kuzlir Aga."

Seated Male Figure

Posted by:John Carlson

DimensionsObject: 40 x 24.13 x 17.78 cm (15 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50895

Accession number1958.14.1

Seated Male Figure

Portrait of Mary Sabina

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationHunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London

http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/collect/46017

Accession numberRCSSC/P 256

Portrait of Mary Sabina

Pottery urn

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureMixtec

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

LocationMuseo Frissell, Mitla, Mexico

Pottery urn

Seated male figure held by a female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male figure held by a female...

Seated male figure held by a female figure

Seated male effigy vessel with black, cross-shaped motifs

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureAnasazi

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1275–1325

Object typeContainer

MaterialsPinedale Black-on-white

Dimensions6 1/8 x 5 x 5 in. (15.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male effigy vessel with black,...

Seated male effigy vessel with black, cross-shaped motifs

Frank O'Hara, Southhampton, New York

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1961

Object typePhotograph

Frank O'Hara, Southhampton, New York

Description: Reuben Kadish, Philip Guston, and Jules Langsner (left to right, standing without...

Reuben Kadish, Philip Guston, and Jules Langsner (left to right, standing without hats) with Mexican friends in Santa Maria, near Morelia, Mexico

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1934

Object typePhotograph

Reuben Kadish, Philip Guston, and Jules...

Reuben Kadish, Philip Guston, and Jules Langsner (left to right, standing without hats) with Mexican friends in Santa Maria, near Morelia, Mexico

Description: Battle between Alexander and the Persians, detail of side of the Alexander...

Battle between Alexander and the Persians, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus, from Sidon, probably the tomb of King Abdalonymus

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 320 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationArchaeological Museum, Istanbul

Battle between Alexander and the...

Battle between Alexander and the Persians, detail of side of the Alexander Sarcophagus, from Sidon, probably the tomb of King Abdalonymus

Description: Sarah is brought to Pharaoh; Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham....

Sarah is brought to Pharaoh; Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham. "Octateuch," fol. 35r (two upper scenes)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1000–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City

Sarah is brought to Pharaoh; Pharaoh...

Sarah is brought to Pharaoh; Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham. "Octateuch," fol. 35r (two upper scenes)

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

Description: The building of the palace of Khwarnaq, from Nizami, "Khamsa,"...

The building of the palace of Khwarnaq, from Nizami, "Khamsa," Heart, fol. 154v

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession numberno. Or. 6810

The building of the palace of Khwarnaq,...

The building of the palace of Khwarnaq, from Nizami, "Khamsa," Heart, fol. 154v

A black slave smoking a pipe

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1650

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions181.8 × 91.8 cm

LocationNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/an-enslaved-man-in-a-harbour

Accession number823

A black slave smoking a pipe

A sultan in his garden, from the "Pem Nem," fol. 89v, Bijapur

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_16880_fs001r

Accession numberAdd. 16880

A sultan in his garden, from the "Pem...

A sultan in his garden, from the "Pem Nem," fol. 89v, Bijapur

Fight between dog and cat, with onlookers, side of statue base from Athens

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 500–470 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Fight between dog and cat, with...

Fight between dog and cat, with onlookers, side of statue base from Athens

Shell cameo with two busts in profile

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date1525–1550

Object typeJewelry

Dimensions2.4 × 1.9 cm

LocationMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Accession numberC 1299

Shell cameo with two busts in profile

Slave Market

Posted by:John Carlson

May 16

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1850–1860

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.

LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/055792d2-d0de-46fb-b12f-7f0d91d5ae34

Accession number58.4

Slave Market

Preaching of the Apostles. "Psalter," fol. 20r

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1066

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBritish Library, London

Preaching of the Apostles. "Psalter,"...

Preaching of the Apostles. "Psalter," fol. 20r

Jambière historiée (Coptic textile), Antinoë

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureCoptic Egyptian

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date600–700 AD

Object typeTextile

Materialstapestry, hessian armor, dominant weft

Dimensionsh: 71 cm; l: 53 cm

LocationMusée des Tissus et musée des Arts décoratifs, Lyon, France

Jambière historiée (Coptic...

Jambière historiée (Coptic textile), Antinoë

Chinese as helpers, from Rainbow of Friendship

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1975

Object typePrint

Chinese as helpers, from Rainbow of...

Chinese as helpers, from Rainbow of Friendship

Standing male holding an incensario

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Standing male holding an incensario

Description: Elihu Yale, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord James Cavendish, Mr....

Elihu Yale, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord James Cavendish, Mr. Tunstal and Page

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions201.3 x 235.5 cm

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:107

Accession numberB 1970.1

Elihu Yale, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke...

Elihu Yale, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord James Cavendish, Mr. Tunstal and Page

King's Fountain in Lisbon

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1570–1580

Object typePainting

LocationBerardo Collection, Lisbon

King's Fountain in Lisbon

Description: A Broad-Side Against Coffee; or, The Marriage of the Turk. Illustration for James I,...

A Broad-Side Against Coffee; or, The Marriage of the Turk. Illustration for James I, "Counterblaste to Tobaccom" in "Two Broad-Sides Against Tobacco" (London, 1672), fol. 1.4

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationCambridge University Library, England

Accession numberClassmark B125:2:9. Reel 892:17

A Broad-Side Against Coffee; or, The...

A Broad-Side Against Coffee; or, The Marriage of the Turk. Illustration for James I, "Counterblaste to Tobaccom" in "Two Broad-Sides Against Tobacco" (London, 1672), fol. 1.4

From left to right: Armorial bearings of Jonge H'Man van Mekeren (Gelderland), Jan van Ranst (Brabant), H'Buria van Jupli, H'Henric van Haerd (Hesse), J'Librecht van Meldert (Brabant), He'van Moerkirke (Flanders), H'Jacop V'Vkane (France), A. van Stevoort. Universal Armorial of the Gelre Herald (Claes Heinen), fols. 90v, 74r, 106r, 97r, 74r, 82v, 48v, 107r (details)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1370–1395

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationBibliothèque royale Albert 1er, Brussels

Accession numberMS. 15652–56

From left to right: Armorial bearings of...

From left to right: Armorial bearings of Jonge H'Man van Mekeren

Two men conversing

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2153

Two men conversing

Portrait statue with masks of ancestors

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 30–1 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationConservatori Museum, Rome

Portrait statue with masks of ancestors

Allah-wirdi Khan receiving petitions, Hyderabad

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1700–1730

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

LocationCity Palace Museum, Jaipur, India

Accession numberno. A.G. 656

Allah-wirdi Khan receiving petitions,...

Allah-wirdi Khan receiving petitions, Hyderabad

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the Kingdom of Issigny

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1770–1800

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

LocationFrom "Gran Mestre del Orden de la Estrella de la Señora Segun andan en su Pais" (ca. 1780)

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the...

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the Kingdom of Issigny

Candleholder in the form of a Moor wearing a skirt of tobacco leaves

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsLimewood stained to resemble ebony

DimensionsH: 234 cm (without base)

LocationStädtisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany

Candleholder in the form of a Moor...

Candelholder in the form of a Moor wearing a skirt of tobacco leaves

Frederick Douglass

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1855

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsDaguerreotype

Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)

LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/282066

Accession number2001.756

Frederick Douglass

Descendants of the Sons of Noah. "Octateuch," fol. 60v (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City

Descendants of the Sons of Noah....

Descendants of the Sons of Noah. "Octateuch," fol. 60v (detail)

Epsicopal throne supported by three atlantes

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1098

Object typeSculpture

LocationChurch of St. Nicholas, Bari, Italy

Epsicopal throne supported by three...

Epsicopal throne supported by three atlantes

Male figurine with a finely modeled coiffure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima/Jalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York

Male figurine with a finely modeled...

Male figurine with a finely modeled coiffure

Group of giants from the frieze of the Treasury of Siphnos, Delphi

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 525 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationDelphi Museum, Delphi

Group of giants from the frieze of the...

Group of giants from the frieze of the Treasury of Siphnos, Delphi

Boxer

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)signed 'Apollonios son of Nestor of Athens'

Creator nationality/cultureApollonios son of Nestor of Athens

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 100 BC

Object typeSculpture

Materialsbronze

LocationNational Museum, Rome

Boxer

Description: Marriage of Isaac (detail): meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca. "Ashburnham...

Marriage of Isaac (detail): meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 21.r.

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 500–600 AD

Object typeOther

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Marriage of Isaac (detail): meeting of...

Marriage of Isaac (detail): meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca. "Ashburnham Pentateuch," fol. 21.r.

Capital decorated with four heads (detail): one black

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1212–1220

Object typeSculpture

LocationTroia Cathedral, Apulia, Italy

Capital decorated with four heads...

Capital decorated with four heads (detail): one black

Male figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Male figure

Crouching male figure with a smoking tube and animal visor

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 200

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldenberg, Los Angeles

Crouching male figure with a smoking...

Crouching male figure with a smoking tube and animal visor

Table clock in the form of a camel led by an African

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleWatchmaker/Clockmaker

Creation datec. 1600

Object typeTimepiece

MaterialsBronze, copper (gilt), brass, and iron

Dimensionsheight: 26.6 cm

LocationBayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich

Accession numberInv. No. R 2886

Table clock in the form of a camel led...

Table clock in the form of a camel led by an African

Description: An African eunuch, Golconda, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds.,...

An African eunuch, Golconda, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006), p. 118

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1650–1675

Object typePainting

Materialspainting

An African eunuch, Golconda, from...

An African eunuch, Golconda, from Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod, eds., "African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat" (Ahmedabad, 2006), p. 118

Cup with a carved coconut supported by a standing black archer

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1575–1600

Object typeOther

MaterialsSilver and enamel

Dimensionsheight: 20.5 cm

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/87113/?offset=1&lv=list

Accession numberKK 914

Cup with a carved coconut supported by a...

Cup with a carved coconut supported by a standing black archer

Three blacks

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationFormerly at Castle Pretzch, then Schwedt an der Oder, Germany

Three blacks

Description: An East African youth looking in a mirror, from Jami, "Haft...

An East African youth looking in a mirror, from Jami, "Haft Aurang," Mashhad (?)

Posted by:John Carlson

Materialsink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

https://www.freersackler.si.edu/object/F1946.12.221/

Accession numberF1946.12.221

An East African youth looking in a...

An East African youth looking in a mirror, from Jami, "Haft Aurang," Mashhad (?)

Herm ending in an African head

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureCarthaginian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 150–200 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBlack limestone

DimensionsOverall 31.5 in. (80 cm) H

LocationAntiquarium, Carthage, Tunisia

Herm ending in an African head

Description: Hamza, landhaur, and Zumurrud Shah stand bound before Lakman's throne, from the...

Hamza, landhaur, and Zumurrud Shah stand bound before Lakman's throne, from the "Hamzanama," fol. 6 front

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationAustrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

https://sammlung.mak.at/sammlung_online?id=collect-200219

Accession numberBI 8770-6 MAK

Hamza, landhaur, and Zumurrud Shah stand...

Hamza, landhaur, and Zumurrud Shah stand bound before Lakman's throne, from the "Hamzanama," fol. 6 front

Frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePublisher

Creation date1945

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationAlbany Institute of History and Art Library, Albany

Frontispiece

Adoration of the Magi

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1521–1525

Object typePainting

Dimensions125 × 225 cm

LocationDom, Cologne, Germany

Adoration of the Magi

Three old men, fol. 32v

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nameSiyah Qalam

Creator nationality/culturePersian, Turkmen, or western Central Asian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1400–1430

Object typePainting

Materialsalbum leaf

LocationTopkapi Serail Library, Istanbul

Accession numberHazine 2153

Three old men, fol. 32v

Beheading of John the Baptist. "Psalter," fol. 2v (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Beheading of John the Baptist....

Beheading of John the Baptist. "Psalter," fol. 2v (detail)

Resurrection of the dead, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1220–1230

Object typeSculpture

LocationMusée de Cluny, Paris

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/resurrection-morts-notre-dame.html

Accession numberCl. 18643 a-b-c-d, RF 996

Resurrection of the dead, detail

Dieu ne fait acception de personne

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator name (description)After Nicolas Eustache Maurin

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1822

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

Dimensions110 × 66 mm

LocationFrontispiece to Henri Grégoire, "Manuel de piété à l'usage des hommes de couleur et des Noirs", 2nd rev. ed. (Paris, 1822), facing p. 73. Département des Imprimés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberD 36345

Dieu ne fait acception de personne

Combat between two warriors, a Qalandar dervish, and a lion

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)Attributed in a caption to Master Mirak and Bihzad

Creator nationality/culturePersian

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1480–1536

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsInk, opaque pigment, gold, and paper

Dimensions38 x 24.5 cm, inset

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 83b

Combat between two warriors, a Qalandar...

Combat between two warriors, a Qalandar dervish, and a lion

Jade Pendant

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsJadeite with albite and muscovite

Dimensions9.98 x 4.17 x 1.73 cm (3 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10734

Accession number1973.88.6

Jade Pendant

A woman approaching a bound blackman who is asleep, leaf from Diez album, Iran

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/culturePersian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typePainting

Materialsopaque ink and gold on paper

Dimensions20.7 × 22.3 cm

LocationBerlin State Library

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN635104741&PHYSID=PHYS_0017&DMDID=DMDLOG_0017

Accession numberDiez A fol. 71

A woman approaching a bound blackman who...

A woman approaching a bound blackman who is asleep, leaf from Diez album, Iran

Description: Isaac and Rebecca before Abimelech. "Octateuch," fol. 47v (upper...

Isaac and Rebecca before Abimelech. "Octateuch," fol. 47v (upper scene)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1000–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City

Isaac and Rebecca before Abimelech....

Isaac and Rebecca before Abimelech. "Octateuch," fol. 47v (upper scene)

A musician

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1670–1700

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsInk and watercolor on paper

Dimensions20.2 × 12 cm (image); 28.6 × 17.5 cm (sheet)

LocationNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

A musician

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Contortionist

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Contortionist

Vision of Saint John of Matha

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsPainting

LocationSanta Maria del Tufo, Rocca di Papa, Italy

Vision of Saint John of Matha

Dead Peasants

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1943

Object typePhotograph

Dead Peasants

Rustam lassoing Rakhsh

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator name (description)Attributed in a caption to Bihzad and Dust Muhammad

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1545

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk, opaque pigment, and paper

Dimensions21 x 31.4 cm, painting

LocationTopkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Accession numberH.2154, fol. 71a

Rustam lassoing Rakhsh

Black African Youth

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek, Hellenistic

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 150-50 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions3.1 in. (8 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/statuette-of-an-african-boy-orator-152717

Accession number59.11

Black African Youth

Geometry of Doryphorus

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleArtist

Creation daten/a

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

Geometry of Doryphorus

Head of a man

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 250–300 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

Dimensions12.4 in. (31.5 cm) H

LocationAgora Museum, Athens

Head of a man

Calendar month of December. "Psalter," fol. 5r

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1150

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque municipal, Lunel, France

Calendar month of December. "Psalter,"...

Calendar month of December. "Psalter," fol. 5r

Illustrated sheet music cover for All Coons Look Alike to Me

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1896

Object typeIllustration

LocationBrown University Library, Providence

https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:20731/

Illustrated sheet music cover for All...

Illustrated sheet music cover for All Coons Look Alike to Me

Standing Figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateca.200BC-200AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions20.5 cm (8 1/16 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/51892

Accession number1958.14.49.2

Standing Figure

Scythian slave

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After Pergamene original of c. 200 BC

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

LocationUffizi, Florence

Scythian slave

Ignatius Sancho's shop card, "Sancho's Best Trinidado"

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1774–1780

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions60 x 90 mm (cropped)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1656035&partId=1&searchText=ignatius+sancho&page=1

Accession numberD,2.3977

Ignatius Sancho's shop card, "Sancho's...

Ignatius Sancho's shop card, "Sancho's Best Trinidado"

Two plates bearing Tharp family crest

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 19

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeContainer

MaterialsPorcelain (unmarked) with painted decoration

Two plates bearing Tharp family crest

Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 08

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600–1700

Object typePainting

MaterialsPair of six-panel screens; Ink, mineral color, and gold and silver pigment on paper

DimensionsEach 62 in. × 9 ft. 2 1/2 in. (157.5 × 280.7 cm)

LocationCollection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, L.L.B. 1963

Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and...

Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Figure of a man bearing a burden of pottery

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Figure of a man bearing a burden of...

Figure of a man bearing a burden of pottery

Columbine, Harlequin, and a Venetian, with their Masks

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator name (description)After Francesco Maggiotto

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1760-1800

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching and engraving

Dimensions372 x 474 mm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3026864&partId=1&images=true

Accession number1866,1110.1168

Columbine, Harlequin, and a Venetian,...

Columbine, Harlequin, and a Venetian, with their Masks

The Order of the Elephant

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nationality/cultureDanish

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1633–1634

Object typeOther

MaterialsGold, white enamel, and diamonds

Dimensionsheight: 5.6 cm

LocationDe Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling på Rosenborg, Copenhagen

http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/object/order-of-the-elephant-christian-iv/

Accession number3.119a

The Order of the Elephant

The Order of the Elephant: elephant carrying a tower with the effigy of King Christian IV.

Mosaic of the Gladiators (detail of east border): torture of Garamantes attached by wild beasts

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 75–100 CE

Object typeMosaic

LocationArchaeological Museum, Tripoli, Libya

Mosaic of the Gladiators (detail of east...

Mosaic of the Gladiators (detail of east border): torture of Garamantes attached by wild beasts

Standing male figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Morris A. Long, Castle Rock, Colorado

Standing male figure

Description: Kuzlir Aga or Black Eunuch of the Women. Illustration for Paul Rycaut,...

Kuzlir Aga or Black Eunuch of the Women. Illustration for Paul Rycaut, "Histoire de l'état présent de l'Empire Ottoman," trans. Pierre Briot (Paris, 1670), p. 66

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession number1053.a.5

Kuzlir Aga or Black Eunuch of the Women....

Kuzlir Aga or Black Eunuch of the Women. Illustration for Paul Rycaut, "Histoire de l'état présent de l'Empire Ottoman," trans. Pierre Briot (Paris, 1670), p. 66

Aryballos in the form of a head of a Negro

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 325 B.C

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions5 in. (12.8 cm) H

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Aryballos in the form of a head of a...

Aryballos in the form of a head of a Negro

Seated male pair rhymically gesturing

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male pair rhymically gesturing

Seated male figure wearing a beaked helmet

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (39.0 x 26.0 cm)

LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York

Accession number30.3/ 2415

Seated male figure wearing a beaked...

Seated male figure wearing a beaked helmet

Equality Granted to Blacks

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1794

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Equality Granted to Blacks

Slab Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions10.5 x 6.7 cm (4 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52041

Accession number1958.14.18

Slab Figurine

Description: Executioner's head. Fragment from the archivolts of the north door of the west...

Executioner's head. Fragment from the archivolts of the north door of the west façade of Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1247–1255

Object typeSculpture

LocationPalais du Ta, Reims, France

Executioner's head. Fragment from the...

Executioner's head. Fragment from the archivolts of the north door of the west façade of Reims Cathedral

Description: Getaufte Neger, die nach der Prosternation, oder dem Anbelen durch die Arbeiter von...

Getaufte Neger, die nach der Prosternation, oder dem Anbelen durch die Arbeiter von ihrer Nation ausgerichtet und gerußt Werden

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1757

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions170 × 222 mm

LocationFrom [David Cranz], "Kurze, zuverläßige Nachricht von der, unter dem Namen der Böhmisch-Märischen Brüder bekanten Kirche UNITAS FRATRUM" ([Switzerland], 1757), pl. VII. Archiv der Brüder-Unität, Herrnhut, Germany

Accession numberTS Mp.373.7

Getaufte Neger, die nach der...

Getaufte Neger, die nach der Prosternation, oder dem Anbelen durch die Arbeiter von ihrer Nation ausgerichtet und gerußt Werden

Male figure with a shark headdress

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Male figure with a shark headdress

Beheading of John the Baptist. Carved tympanum, right side of lower register

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1260

Object typeSculpture

LocationCathedral of Notre Dame, Rouen, France

Beheading of John the Baptist. Carved...

Beheading of John the Baptist. Carved tympanum, right side of lower register

Bronze head inserted in marble herm, modern copy after first-century BC original

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After first-century BC original

Creator roleSculptor

Creation daten/a

Object typeSculpture

Materialsbonze, marble

LocationJ.P. Getty Museum, Malibu

Bronze head inserted in marble herm,...

Bronze head inserted in marble herm, modern copy after first-century BC original

Man on Horseback Combating a Lion

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator name (description)Perhaps based on a model by Giovanni Bologna or a Flemish artist in his circle

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1575–1725

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions29 × 24 × 17.6 cm

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/43973.html?mulR=783984887|565

Accession number1930-01-14

Man on Horseback Combating a Lion

Black horseman fighting a lion

Description: A prince being entertained in the women's quarters while the men feast outside the...

A prince being entertained in the women's quarters while the men feast outside the walls

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1590

Object typePainting

Materialspigment painting with gold on paper

LocationRietberg Museum, Zurich

http://www.sammlungrietberg.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=110615&viewType=detailView

Accession number2015.105

A prince being entertained in the...

A prince being entertained in the women's quarters while the men feast outside the walls

Portrait of a Negro

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nameHayakawa, Miki

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1926

Object typePainting

Materialsoil on canvas

Dimensions26 × 20 in (66.04 × 50.8 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

https://collections.lacma.org/node/209688

Accession numberM.2004.27.2

Portrait of a Negro

Miʾrajnama: evil-speakers in Hell. Heart

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Miʾrajnama: evil-speakers in Hell....

Miʾrajnama: evil-speakers in Hell. Heart

Maple, from a Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 08

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1600–1700

Object typePainting

MaterialsInk, mineral color, and gold and silver pigment on paper

Dimensions62 in. × 9 ft. 2 1/2 in. (157.5 × 280.7 cm)

LocationCollection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, L.L.B. 1963

Maple, from a Pair of Six-Panel Screens:...

Maple, from a Pair of Six-Panel Screens: Cherry and Maple

Figurine of Malay-Negrito youth

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 600–800 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsGreen and brown glazed ceramic, earthenware

LocationBritish Museum, London

Figurine of Malay-Negrito youth

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, a serrated band, serrated macaw-head motifs, and zigzag markings

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureCasas Grandes

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1280–1450

Object typeContainer

MaterialsRamos Polychrome

Dimensions8 x 6 x 6 1/2 in. (20.3 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male effigy vessel with raised...

Seated male effigy vessel with raised right knee, a serrated band, serrated macaw-head motifs, and zigzag markings

Pentecost (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1300–1350

Object typePainting

LocationChurch of St. Demetrius, Peć, Kosovo

Pentecost (detail)

Pottery Urn

Posted by:John Carlson

DimensionsOverall: 20.5 x 13.5cm (8 1/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10829

Accession number1973.88.18

Pottery Urn

Camel drivers. Pseudo-Oppian, "Cynegetica," fol. 53v (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureRoman/Byzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date900–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Camel drivers. Pseudo-Oppian,...

Camel drivers. Pseudo-Oppian, "Cynegetica," fol. 53v (detail)

The Girl in Stile

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1787

Object typePrint

MaterialsColored etching

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1461256&partId=1&searchText=girl+in+stile&page=1

Accession number1851,0901.326

The Girl in Stile

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the Kingdom of Issigny

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1700–1730

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the...

Portrait of Louis Aniaba, prince of the Kingdom of Issigny

Seated male figure with right arm raised, holding a cup

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male figure with right arm...

Seated male figure with right arm raised, holding a cup

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