This sailor was one of the first Black figures at the center of a history painting. What can a close look tell us about Black life during colonial times?
Shark Black Bodies in the Middle Passage and Havana Harbor Just as the Black man
The engravings of Andrea Mantegna were the most influential prints produced in 15th-century Italy. Motifs from his creations appear in works by every major early Italian printmaker, and it was through Mantegna’s prints that Albrecht Dürer made his first acquaintance with the southern Renaissance.
The man on our left faces us and rides a scale-covered creature.
Discover works by Gilbert Paignon Dijonval and learn about the artist
French, 1708 – 1792 Explore Selected Works Artwork Gerrit Dou, Bust of a Bearded Man
1590 · oil on panel · Accession ID 1943.7.7 Artwork Cariani, Portrait of a Man
on canvas · Accession ID 1994.14.1 Artwork Anonymous Artist, Portrait of a Man
Lewis & Simmons active 1920s Explore Selected Works Artwork Portrait of a Man
In a bedroom, a white man – the miser – sits up in bed looking towards our left
A group of raggedly dressed people cluster around a man with a violin on a hilltop
Visual Description A Black woman, young man, and young boy pose against a painted
Discover works by Alphonse Kann and learn about the artist
, 1870 – 1948 Explore Selected Works Artwork Anonymous Artist, Portrait of a Man
