Arkivism
Africa
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Africa

anonymous · 1705 - 1775 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Allegory of the continent of Africa. In a landscape, an African woman with pearls and a feathered loincloth sits on the right. She points two African men with feathered headdresses at shells and pearls on the ground. The man on the left wears a feathered loincloth and a bow. The man in the middle wears a cloak and a parasol. In the lower margin, a two-line German and Latin text. Publisher's number 7.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAfrika. 1705 - 1775. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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