Category:Portrait of an African Man

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Portrait of an African Man
Jan Mostaert: Portrait of an African Man (Christophle le More?)  wikidata:Q17341588 reasonator:Q17341588
Artist
Jan Mostaert  (circa 1475
date QS:P,+1475–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1552/1553)  wikidata:Q577279
 
Alternative names
Jan Jansz. Mostaert, Jehan Masturd, Jan Mostertsoen, Joannes Sinapius, Master of Oultremont
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1475 / 1465 Edit this at Wikidata 1555 / 1553 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Haarlem Edit this at Wikidata Haarlem Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1500 until 1552
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1552-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q577279
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Title
Portrait of an African man
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Possibly portrait of Christophle le More (Christopher the Moor), only known portrait of a black man in early European painting. This may be the portrait of the black archer at the court of Emperor Charles V
Date between circa 1525 and circa 1530
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on oak panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 30.8 cm (12.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 21.2 cm (8.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+30.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+21.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
SK-A-4986 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Provenance
by 1920
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Thomas Harris (art dealer), London
by 1924
date QS:P,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Dr. Hans Wendland, Lugano
by 1924
date QS:P,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Galerie Fischer (art dealer), Lucerne


1934: purchased by Sir Thomas D. Barlow (†1964), London, from Galerie Fischer
1964 (?): inherited by Basil Stephen Barlow (†1991), London, from Sir Thomas D. Barlow
from 1998 until 2003: lent to Kenwood House, London, by the heirs of Basil Stephen Barlow
2004: lent to Rob Noortman (art dealer), Maastricht, by the heirs of Basil Stephen Barlow through Simon C. Dickinson Ltd. (art dealer), London
June 2005: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, inv. SK-A-4986, from Rob Noortman

from October 2005 until 1 March 2013
date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2005-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+2013-03-01T00:00:00Z/11
: lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history
Exhibition history

Jeroen Bosch, Noord-Nederlandsche primitieven, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 10 July 1936–15 October 1936, cat. no.  44, p. 29.
Artists and Craftsmen of the Middle Ages, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1 January 1947–31 December 1947.
Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 November 1952–1 March 1953, Cat.no. 12.
Vlaamse Kunst in Brits bezit, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 1 August 1956–30 September 1956, Cat.no. 35.
European old masters. Art treasures centenary, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 30 October 1957–31 December 1957.
Middeleeuwse kunst der Noordelijke Nederlanden, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 28 June 1958–28 September 1958, Cat.no. 85, p. 89.
Exhibition of paintings from Sir Thomas Barlow's collection, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 22 March 1968–4 May 1968, Cat.no. 8, p. 20, as Jan Mostaert.
Dames met klasse. Margareta van York en Margareta van Oostenrijk, Lamot, Mechelen, 17 September 2005–18 December 2005, ISBN 90-5826-342-8.
Vroege Hollanders. Schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 February 2008–25 May 2008, ISBN 90-6918-225-4, p. 176-178, cat. no.  27.
Black is beautiful. Rubens tot Dumas, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 26 July 2008–26 October 2008, ISBN 90-4008-496-3.
Shakespeare and the theatre of the world, British Museum, London, 19 July 2012–25 November 2012.

Credit line Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with help of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Loterij and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Portret van een Afrikaanse man, 1525-1530, 30.8 × 21.2 cm (12.1 × 8.3 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 19784, as Portret van een Afrikaanse man, circa 1520-1530 (1520-1530), 30.8 × 21.2 cm (12.1 × 8.3 in)

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40005109, as Portret van een Afrikaanse man, from circa 1525
date QS:P,+1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
until circa 1530
date QS:P,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, 30.8 × 21.5 cm (12.1 × 8.4 in).
Other versions
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Portrait of an African Man (Christophle le More?) 
painting by Jan Jansz Mostaert
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LocationRijksmuseum, Museumkwartier, Amsterdam-Zuid, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Inception
  • c. 1527 (after 1525, before 1530)
Width
  • 21.2 cm
Height
  • 30.8 cm
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Wikidata Q17341588
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