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Description: The Paston Treasure, detail

TitleThe Paston Treasure, detail

Creator nameUnknown

Creator name (description)attributed to the Master of The Paston Treasure

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1663

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNorwich Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2184570206

Accession numberNWHCM: 1947.170

SubjectsAfricans in artShells in artStill-life painting, Dutch

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6. “This deepe and perfect glosse of Blacknesse”: Colour, Colonialism, and The Paston Treasure’s Period Eye

Esther Chadwick

The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

The Paston Treasure can be described as an accumulation of things presented for the eyes in a visual mode that was central to the intertwined cultures of wonder and scientific inquiry in seventeenth-century Europe.See Daston and Park, Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1998, esp. 255–301; and Alpers,...

Author

Esther Chadwick

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.102-109

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00266.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21484&redirecttoanchor=67777

Chapter subject tags:Master of the Paston Treasure, active approximately 1660-approximately 1670. Paston treasureAfricans in artImperialismHuman skin color

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Conch shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 480 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

DimensionsH: 14.2 in. (36 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Accession numberГР-4499

Red-figure pelike

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Detail from the façade of the Palace of the Plumed Conch Shells

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureTeotihuacan

Creator roleArchitect

Creation dateAD 250–450

Object typeArchitecture

Detail from the façade of the...

Detail from the façade of the Palace of the Plumed Conch Shells

Conch shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator roleArtist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

LocationFowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles

Conch shell

Tomb painting: offerings of African products

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1400 B.C.

Object typeOther

MaterialsMural painting

Dimensions30.7 × 26 in. (78 × 66 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA922

Accession numberEA922

Tomb painting: offerings of African...

Offerings of African products

Birth of Venus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1485

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on linen

Dimensions67 3/4 x 109 1/2 in. (172 x 278 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus

Accession numberInv. 1890 no. 878

Birth of Venus

Turbinella conch shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Turbinella conch shell

Model of a Strombus conch shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Barbara and Justin Kerr, New York

Model of a Strombus conch shell

Pectoral and Maya inscription (on reverse)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureOlmec/Maya

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date100 BC–AD 100

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsQuartzite

Dimensions3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 2.9 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj22700

Accession numberPC.B.538

Pectoral and Maya inscription (on...

Pectoral and Maya inscription (on reverse)

Bearing tribute from the south to Tutankhamen, detail: ship loaded with cargo

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1342–1333 B.C.

Object typePainting

MaterialsMural painting

LocationNecropolis of Sheikh Abdel Qurna, Tomb of Huy, Thebes, Egypt

Bearing tribute from the south to...

Bearing tribute from the south to Tutankhamen, detail: ship loaded with cargo

Detail from a mural in the Temple of Agriculture

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureTeotihuacan

Creator rolePainter

Creation dateAD 150–750

Object typePainting

Detail from a mural in the Temple of...

Detail from a mural in the Temple of Agriculture

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Portrait of Memnon, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 101–200 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/698294/r%C3%B6misches-portr%C3%A4t-eines-afrikaners-memnon

Accession numberSK 1503

Portrait of Memnon, detail

Portrait of Memnon, discipline of Herodes Atticus

Seated chieftain with a conch shell and 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

Seated chieftain with a conch shell and...

Seated chieftain with a conch shell and headdress

Tomb painting: offering of gold

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1400 B.C.

Object typePainting

MaterialsPainted plaster and mud

Dimensions31.5 × 40 in. (80 × 101.6 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA921

Accession numberEA921

Tomb painting: offering of gold

Offering of gold

Seated male figure wearing a conch-shell headdress

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date300–100 BC

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions14 x 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (35.6 x 29.8 x 21.3 cm)

LocationUtah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Accession numberUMFA1985.004

Seated male figure wearing a conch-shell...

Seated male figure wearing a conch-shell headdress

Description: Drawing of sculptural relief from the New Temple at Chavín de Huántar...

Drawing of sculptural relief from the New Temple at Chavín de Huántar showing the principal deity with Strombus and Spondylus shells

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureChavín

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date900–200 BC

Object typeIllustration

Drawing of sculptural relief from the...

Drawing of sculptural relief from the New Temple at Chavín de Huántar showing the principal deity with Strombus and Spondylus shells

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

Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1550–1295 BCE

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

MaterialsLimestone

Dimensions12.3 × 24.7 in. (31.2 × 62.7 cm)

LocationSaint Louis Art Museum

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/34190/

Accession number18:1940

Fragment with Head of a Nubian Prisoner

Vessel depicting Spondylus shell

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureChavín/Cupisnique

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date900–200 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions7 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (18.4 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm)

LocationMuseo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología, Lima, Peru

Accession numberC 54029, 1/2923

Vessel depicting Spondylus shell

Pepper pot in form of sleeping African slave

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 200–270

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsSilver

Dimensions3.5 in. (9 cm) H

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=465761&partId=1&searchText=pepper+pot&page=1

Accession number1889,1019.16

Pepper pot in form of sleeping African...

Pepper pot in form of napping African slave

Mosaic of the Nile in flood, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 100–1 B.C.

Object typeMosaic

LocationMuseo Archeologico Nazionale, Palestrina, Italy

Mosaic of the Nile in flood, detail

Landscape of the Upper Nile with two black hunters, detail of the mosaic of the Nile in flood

Frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1668

Object typePrint

LocationFrom Olfert Dapper, "Naukeurige beschrijvinge der afrikanesche eylanden" … (Amsterdam, 1668). Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Frontispiece

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

Frederick II and His Imperial Subjects, detail of four black Africans

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1230–1240

Object typePainting

LocationSan Zeno Maggiore (upper room of adjoinging tower), Verona

Frederick II and His Imperial Subjects,...

Four black Africans, detail of Frederick II and His Imperial Subjects

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Burning of the Idols

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1597

Object typePrint

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession number568.i.i.(1.), pl. 11

Burning of the Idols

Burning of the Idols. Illustration for Filippo Pigafetta, "Regnum Congo . . . Beschreibung des Konigreichs Congo" (Frankfurt, 1597), pl. 11

The Captain of the Blacks (reconstruction)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator name (description)`

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1550–1500 B.C.

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

Dimensions9.4 × 7.9 in. (24 × 20 cm)

LocationArcheological Museum, Herakleion, Crete

The Captain of the Blacks...

The Captain of the Blacks (reconstruction)

Lekythos, detail of side B: Mulatto maid-servant

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 475–425 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

DimensionsOverall 14 in. (35.5 cm) H

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

Lekythos, detail of side B: Mulatto...

Lekythos, detail of side B: Mulatto maid-servant

Perfume flask (aryballos) in the shape of two heads

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 510 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions4.7 in. (12 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/153958/perfume-flask-aryballos-in-the-shape-of-two-heads?ctx=fb0f2c70-a8a9-4af9-89d9-5221ee1cd3c6&idx=7

Accession number98.888

Perfume flask (aryballos) in the shape...

Aryballos juxtaposing two heads of Negroes cast from the same mold

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Statue of an acrobat balancing on a crocodile

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

Dimensions29.5 in. (75 cm) H

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460000&partId=1&searchText=acrobat+crocodile&page=1

Accession number1805,0703.6

Statue of an acrobat balancing on a...

Statue of an acrobat balancing on a crocodile

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Perfume vase juxtaposing a head of a bearded barbarian and a head of a Negro

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 700–575 B.C.

Object typeContainer

Dimensions1.9 in. (4.9 cm) H

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

Perfume vase juxtaposing a head of a...

Perfume vase juxtaposing a head of a bearded barbarian and a head of a Negro

Rhyton: Negro youth struggling with a crocodile

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 350 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions8.7 in. (22.2 cm) H

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/65810

Accession numberGR.58.1865

Rhyton: Negro youth struggling with a...

Rhyton: Negro youth struggling with a crocodile

Plastic vase: Negro head

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 101–300 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions6 in. (15.2 cm) H

LocationMenil Collection, Houston

Plastic vase: Negro head

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Reserve Head of an African princess

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2600 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLimestone

Dimensions11.8 in. (30 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/reserve-head-141966

Accession number14.719

Reserve Head of an African princess

Base of a colossus of Ramses II: list of the conquered southern peoples (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1301–1235 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

LocationTemple, Luxor, Egypt

Base of a colossus of Ramses II: list of...

Base of a colossus of Ramses II: list of the conquered southern peoples (detail)

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Amphora, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 480 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/56711

Accession numberIV 3724

Amphora, detail

Hoplite holding a round shield decorated with a black trumpeter, detail of an amphora

Statuette of a Nubian captive

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1342–1333 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions5.6 × 2.1 × 3.2 in. (14.3 × 5.4 × 9.1 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art, New York

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116951

Accession number37.267E

Statuette of a Nubian captive

Types africains. Concours de sourires

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1920

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotolithograph

LocationNew York Public Library

Types africains. Concours de sourires

Fragment of a balsamarium

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureAlgerian

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeContainer

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions2.6 in. (6.5 cm) H

LocationMusée Gustave Mercier, Constantine, Algeria

Fragment of a balsamarium

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Description: Black prisoners bound to the pharaoh's war chariot, detail of the stela of Amenhotep...

Black prisoners bound to the pharaoh's war chariot, detail of the stela of Amenhotep III

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1408–1372 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

Dimensions81.5 × 43.3 in. (207 × 110 cm)

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

Black prisoners bound to the pharaoh's...

Black prisoners bound to the pharaoh's war chariot, detail of the stela of Amenhotep III

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Nubian archer, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2000 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

Nubian archer, detail

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Tombstone of Scipio, servant to the Earl of Suffolk

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationHenbury churchyard, Bristol, United Kingdom

Tombstone of Scipio, servant to the Earl...

Tombstone of Scipio, servant to the Earl of Suffolk

Another fragment from rhyton: battle scene including a crouching Negroid figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 401–500 A.D.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

DimensionsApproximately 6.3 in. (16 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

Another fragment from rhyton: battle...

Another fragment from rhyton: battle scene including a crouching Negroid figure

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

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

Bust of a child

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions17.7 in. (45 cm) H

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Bust of a child

Portrait of a North African of mixed type

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 475–425 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions11.8 in. (30 cm) H

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=459398&partId=1&searchText=north+african+portrait+greek&page=1

Accession number1861,1127.13

Portrait of a North African of mixed...

Portrait of a North African of mixed type

Askos with mask of a Negro in relief

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 400–301 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsClay

DimensionsDiam 3.4 in. (8.75 cm)

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/66529

Accession numberGR.102.1890

Askos with mask of a Negro in relief

Incense shovel with a Negro head attached to handle

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 300–201 B.C.

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsBronze

DimensionsOverall dims: 5.6 × 9.1 × 18.8 in. (14.3 × 23 × 47.8 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/90999

Accession number67.70

Incense shovel with a Negro head...

Incense shovel with a Negro head attached to handle

Description: Negro Boy Group, plastic mug in the form of an African boy's head, three-quarter...

Negro Boy Group, plastic mug in the form of an African boy's head, three-quarter view to left

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date350–300 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions6.5 in. (16.4 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/mug-in-the-form-of-an-african-boys-head-154466

Accession number07.863

Negro Boy Group, plastic mug in the form...

Negro Boy Group, plastic mug in the form of an African boy's head, three-quarter view to left

Statuette of a young musician (?)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions8 in. (20.2 cm) H

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Statuette of a young musician (?)

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

Statue of a youth standing with arms extended forward, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1–100 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

LocationMuseo Arqueológico Provincial, Tarragona, Spain

Statue of a youth standing with arms...

Detail of statue of a youth standing with arms extended forward (fig. 290)

Lamp

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeLighting device

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions4.7 in. (12 cm) L

LocationMusée Gustave Mercier, Constantine, Algeria

Lamp

Description: Hydria, scenes from Heracles fighting against the Egyptians, side B: soldiers coming...

Hydria, scenes from Heracles fighting against the Egyptians, side B: soldiers coming to the aid of Busiris

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 510 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions17.9 in. (45.5 cm) H

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/56545

Accession numberAntikensammlung, IV 3576

Hydria, scenes from Heracles fighting...

Hydria, scenes from Heracles fighting against the Egyptians, side B: soldiers coming to the aid of Busiris

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Head of a laughing Negro

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 201–300 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions3.7 in. (9.3 cm) H

LocationRömisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany

Head of a laughing Negro

The Paston Treasure, details of grapes

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 02

Creator name (description)attributed to the Master of The Paston Treasure

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1663

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNorwich Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/object-2184570206

Accession numberNWHCM: 1947.170

The Paston Treasure, details of grapes

Mirror with handle carved in the form of a standing black girl

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1400–1292 B.C.

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions8.7 in H, 4.8 in. diameter (22.2 cm H, 12.2 cm diameter)

LocationBrooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3682

Accession number60.27.1

Mirror with handle carved in the form of...

Mirror with handle carved in the form of a standing black girl

Black sorcerer, detail of the Mosaic of the Seasons

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureCarthaginian

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 301–400 A.D.

Object typeMosaic

Dimensions57.1 × 27.6 in. (145 × 70 cm)

LocationMusée de Carthage, Carthage, Tunisia

Black sorcerer, detail of the Mosaic of...

Black sorcerer, detail of the Mosaic of the Seasons

Head of a Negroid satyr, detail of a krater

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 400–301 B.C.

Object typeContainer

LocationNationalmuseet, Copenhagen

http://samlinger.natmus.dk/AS/asset/14465

Accession numberChrVIII88

Head of a Negroid satyr, detail of a...

Head of a Negroid satyr, detail of a krater

Red-figure pelike, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 425–401 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

DimensionsH: 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Red-figure pelike, detail

Description: Egyptian military expedition returning to Egypt from the Upper Nile, detail:...

Egyptian military expedition returning to Egypt from the Upper Nile, detail: drummers

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1504–1450 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

LocationTemple of Monthu, Armant, Egypt

Egyptian military expedition returning...

Egyptian military expedition returning to Egypt from the Upper Nile, detail: drummers

Tutankhamen's painted box, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1342–1333 B.C.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsPainted wood

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

Tutankhamen's painted box, detail

Pharaoh slaying blacks, detail of Tutankhamen's painted box

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Statuette of a dancer (?)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions4 in. (10.1 cm) H

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

Statuette of a dancer (?)

Red-figure cup, detail of interior

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 500–475 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

DimensionsDiameter: 11 in. (28 cm)

LocationMuseo Archeologico Nazionale, Ferrara, Italy

Red-figure cup, detail of interior

Statue of a young Negro, perhaps a musician, overall view

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBasalt

Dimensions15.7 in. (40 cm) H

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Statue of a young Negro, perhaps a...

Statue of a young Negro, perhaps a musician, overall view

Mask of a Negro

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 375–350 B.C.

Object typeOther

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions8.9 in. (22.5 cm) H

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=463421&partId=1&searchText=mask+african&page=1

Accession number1926,0324.96

Mask of a Negro

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Counting of black captives

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1348 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

MaterialsLimestone

Dimensions33.5 × 24.6 in. (85 × 62.5 cm)

LocationMuseo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, Italy

Counting of black captives

List of the conquered southern peoples (detail): three escutcheons

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1301–1235 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

LocationTemple of Ramses II, Abydos, Egypt

List of the conquered southern peoples...

List of the conquered southern peoples (detail): three escutcheons

Stela of Nastasen (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 350–301 B.C.

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic

MaterialsGranite

DimensionsOverall:( 163 × 127 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/757710/stele-des-k%C3%B6nigs-nastasen

Accession numberÄM 2268

Stela of Nastasen (detail)

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

Tribute scene (detail)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1557–1504 B.C.

Object typeOther

MaterialsMural painting

LocationNecropolis of Sheikh Abdel Qurna, Tomb of Inene, Thebes, Egypt

Tribute scene (detail)

Black captive or slave

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date2nd-1st century BCE

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

DimensionsH: 5.2 in. (13.2 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/black-adolescent-his-hands-bound-behind-his-back

Accession numberBr 361

Black captive or slave

Statuette of a captive or a slave

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

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Colossal statue of King Aspelta

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date593–568 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsGranite gneiss

Dimensions130.7 in. (332.1 cm) H

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/colossal-statue-of-king-aspelta-145118

Accession number23.730

Colossal statue of King Aspelta

Cameo mounted in ring bezel: sleeping Negro, in a crouching position

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreco-Roman

Creator roleJeweler

Creation datec. 450–401 B.C.

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsCarnelian

Dimensions0.5 × 0.4 in. (1.2 × 0.9 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/689927

Accession numberFG 347

Cameo mounted in ring bezel: sleeping...

Cameo mounted in ring bezel: sleeping Negro, in a crouching position

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

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