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Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit (formerly 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]
Renty Taylor was born around 1775 in the Congo; his birth name is today unknown. [1] He was captured by slave traders and arrived in New Orleans on a Spanish slave ship around 1800. [ 1 ] He was eventually purchased by Col. Thomas Taylor (1743–1833) during the early 1800s and he eventually made his way to the "Edgehill" plantation at Columbia ...
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An African Man, a portrait by Albrecht Dürer in the Albertina in Vienna, might be earlier, with a possible date of 1508, [3] but it is a charcoal drawing. The Rijksmuseum , who own the painting, have said that it might be Christophle le More (Christopher the Moor), a black archer recorded at the court of the Habsburg emperor Charles V . [ 2 ]
Headrest; 19th century; wood; height: 18.5 cm (7.2 in), width: 19 cm (7.4 in), thickness: 8 cm (3.1 in); Musée du quai Branly (Paris). This headrest presents 19th century Luba hairstyles, as well as the long limbs, bent-back legs, cylindrical torso and dynamic pose typical of the artist who made it.
Masculine given names originating or commonly found among African Americans. Pages in category "African-American masculine given names" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.