Plaque with the Personification of Africa (?)
This depiction of a beautiful woman as a hunter (indicated by her footwear) from outside of Europe (signaled by her exotically decorated drapery) is puzzling. Iron was rarely used for art, because it was hard to work, especially to create fine detail. To introduce the detail,...
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24252
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Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, April 17, 1893, no. ???; Joseph Brummer, New York, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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3
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_52.150_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_52.150_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_52.150_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 3 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/52.150 |
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