Africans in European Art

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Black Africans in Renaissance Europe The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II, Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II, Part 2: Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The focus here is largely on portraiture of people of African descent in European art of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, but also includes a few examples of specific figures (including Balthazar and St. Maurice) that are generally depicted as African.

For more, see Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe and People of Color in European Art History. There are additional articles at Africans in Art at the V&A.