Black Court Jester
Probably conceived for a collector associated with the court of the Medici family in Florence, where the artist was employed, this statuette is, for this period, an unusual tribute to athletic grace and physical power in a black man. The impact of his physique is muted by the...
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82754
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sculpture
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Abbot Guggenheim Collection, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Sotheby's, New York, January 27, 2011, lot 450; Walters Art Museum, January 27, 2011, by purchase.
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en
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11
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| imageCount | 11 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3083 |
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