#dalekinstates

[medievalpoc]

daleksinstates submitted to medievalpoc:

Black Venus

Southern Netherlands (c.1580)

Bronze

Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna

I found some information about it in “Black Africans in Renaissance Europe” by Thomas Foster Earle and K. J. P. Lowe. According to the book, the  statue, which copy resides in Kunsthistorische Museum,  was one of the earliest depiction of “a black African presented out of context and not a slave” (yeees). The orginal used to be accompanied by a metal mirror.

Here's the original medievalpoc post on this work. As usual, it sounds like the museum text leaves a lot to be desired.