MAKE A MEME View Large Image Jan Claudius de Cock - Bust of an African Boy - Walters 5424.jpg This lively bust of a little servant wearing the insignia of a cardinal is one of the earliest renderings of an African boy by a European sculptor in bronze The sensitive ...
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Keywords: Jan Claudius de Cock - Bust of an African Boy - Walters 5424.jpg This lively bust of a little servant wearing the insignia of a cardinal is one of the earliest renderings of an African boy by a European sculptor in bronze The sensitive detail and expression suggest that this is a likeness of a particular child; nevertheless the various versions in marble and in bronze-of which this is perhaps the finest-indicate that the bust was meant to represent a general type Forced servitude was common throughout the world at this time Many slaves in Europe were Slavs from Eastern Europe and Russia but others were from sub-Saharan Africa Handsome children like this boy might be pampered as exotic but their lives remained restricted However they often gained their freedom late in life De Cock was one of the leading sculptors working in the southern Netherlands present-day Belgium in the years around 1700 ca 1700 bronze cm 25 2 accession number 54 24 14764 Marquise de Ganay Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Marquise de Ganay Sale Paris May 8 1922 no 83 Arnold Seligman Rey and Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Jan Claudius de Cock Exotic decorative artefacts House of Ganay
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