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Portrait of an African Man (Christophle le More?)

This is the only known portrait of a black man in early European painting. He may have served at the Brussels court of Emperor Charles V, who had a black archer called Christophle le More among his bodyguards. The badge of the Virgin on his cap is a souvenir of a pilgrimage to Halle (Brabant), a favourite destination of pilgrims from the Brussels court.

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  • Art of painting
  • Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
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  • http://iconclass.org/32B321
  • http://iconclass.org/61B1
  • http://iconclass.org/11Q625
  • http://iconclass.org/41D225
  • http://iconclass.org/45C13(SWORD)
  • Handwear
  • Sword
  • painting
  • Art of painting
  • Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
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  • Public Domain
  • Publiek Domein
  • c.1525 - c.1530
  • first quarter 16th century
  • second quarter 16th century
  • Mechelen
  • urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.4150
  • Haarlem
  • urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3566
  • Haarlem
  • …; dealer, Tomas Harris, London, 1920;{Friedländer on photo, RKD, no. 27581} …; Dr Hans Wendland, Lugano, 1924;{Friedländer on photo, RKD, no. 27581}...; dealer, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 1924;{Friedländer on photo, RKD, no. 27581} from whom to Sir Thomas D. Barlow G.B.F. (1883-1964), London, 1934;{Manchester 1968, p. 20, no. 8} his son, Basil Stephen Barlow (1918-91), London;{Manchester 1968, p. 20, no. 8} from his heirs on loan to Kenwood House, London, 1998-2003;{Filedt Kok/De Winkel 2005, p. 406} from whom, through Simon C. Dickinson Ltd, London, to the dealer Rob Noortman, Maastricht, 2004;{Filedt Kok/De Winkel 2005, p. 406} from whom, € 600,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSBfonds, the Stichting Rijksmuseum and the BankGiro Loterij, 2005
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.431086
  • SK-A-4986
  • height 30.8 cm
  • width 21.2 cm
  • height 30 cm
  • width 20.3 cm
  • oak (wood)
  • oil paint (paint)
  • nl
  • collection: paintings
  • collectie: schilderijen
  • Netherlands
  • 90402_M_NL_Rijksmuseum
  • 2014-05-27T20:16:48.256Z
  • 2018-03-17T14:38:13.648Z