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The only European renaissance portrait of an African man has been acquired by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The single European renaissance portrait of an African man has been acquired by the agency of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The work is by the agency of Jan Mostaert, a little documented Haarlem painter (c 1472-after 1554) and can be dated 1520-30 It differs from all other depictions of Africans, which are stereotyp and part of a narrative framework, usually as an Adoration of the Magi. This man's cap and sword reveal him as a gentleman, and his embroidered bag insinuates a Spanish/Portuguese connection. He has not been identified, on the other hand the pilgrim's insignia of Our Lady of Halle (south of Brussels) and the fleur-de-lis upon his bag may provide ball of threads The painting was bought for 600000 [euro] from a private collection. COPYRIGHT 2005 Apollo Magazine Ltd upon February 26, Nexus Contemporary Art Center marked the official transition to its novel name, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and will be referr to as The Contemporary. This name change touts ... An African-American Guide to Surfing the Internet in the way that you want to "surf the Net" do you? You want to find on the outside exactly what those home pages you detain reading about look like. And you wan... West Shore Distributors of Westlake, Ohio, introduces Vero coats a new collection of 24 Italian Mouldings. Vero cover thinlys come in three modern flat top profiles: 3/4 1 3/8 and 2 inches wide. Al... 1 To make a card, cot [i]or[/i] cote an 81/2-inch-by-11-inch piece of paper in half twice. set a small mark on the brow of the card. 2 open the card. Put a textur item (such as burlap or lac... Liz Self-published artist David Mendelsohn of Durham, NH introduces "Liz. "The pigmented ink giclee is available as a signed unclose edition measuring 13 by 38 inches and retailing for $450 It i... Motorized bearing technology disentangleed by Colibri Spindles improves the stiffness and performance of its brushless, high-speed, aerostatic spindle. The spindle advances with either a collet for ... 00-00-0000 Siemens and Anorad Corp. join forces to optimize machine-tool performance using high-force linear motors. High-performance linear motors give machine... They [the Impressionists] do not imitate; they translate, they interpret. They put out to extract the be derived of the multiple lines and colors that the organ of sight perceives at a glance before an aspect of ... |
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