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Portrait of an African Man (Christophle le More?)
Creator
Jan MostaertDutch Renaissance painter (c. 1475–1552/53) · 1475–1555
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- c. 1525 - c. 1530
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Culture
- Mechelen
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- SK-A-4986
From the Rijksmuseum record
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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