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The Portrait of an African Man (Dutch: Portret van een Afrikaanse man) also known as Portrait of a Moor (Dutch: Portret van een Moor) is a painting by the Dutch Renaissance painter Jan Mostaert. Mostaert probably made the painting between c. 1525 and 1530, or slightly earlier.
Jan Mostaert [1] (c. 1475 – 1552/1553) was a Dutch Renaissance painter who is known mainly for his religious subjects and portraits. One of his most famous creations was the Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America. There are very few details about the life of Jan Mostaert that are known with any certainty.
Pages in category "Paintings by Jan Mostaert" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Adoration of the Magi (Mostaert) Portrait of an African Man
Original – Portrait of an African Man is a painting by Netherlandish Renaissance painter Jan Mostaert. The identity of the subject is unclear; theories have suggested that he was a soldier, a nobleman or Saint Maurice. The portrait is significant in that it portrays the only black man in early modern European painting in an independent way ...
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Suggestions include that the subject is Christophle le More (Christopher the Moor), a black archer at the court of Emperor Charles V, or Saint Maurice, who was typically portrayed as black. If it is a portrait of a specific real individual, it appears to be the earliest known portrait of a black man in European painting.Painting: Jan Mostaert
Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit ( alternatively known as Portrait of an African) is an 18th-century oil painting of a black man held by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and donated by Percy Moore Turner in 1943. The artist and sitter are unknown. [1] The earliest provenance is a sale by Christie's in 1931. [1]