Image and Information taken from Smithsonian Design Museum
Personification of Africa
Artist: Rosalba Carriera, Italian, 1673–1757
Catalogue Status: Research in Progress
Description: Bust length figure of a black woman, her right breast exposed and holding a scorpion in her right hand. She wears a turban decorated with feathers and jewels, pearl pendant earrings, and a close-fitting pearl necklace. Her body is tilted forward and her gaze is directed to the left.
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde before 1720
Restrictions & Rights: CC0
Type: portraits
Object Name: Drawing
Type: Drawing
Medium: Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions: 43.8 x 34.2 cm (17 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)Frame H x W x D: 58.4 × 49.5 × 5.1 cm (23 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 2 in.)
Made in Italy
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Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): CC0