
Figure of a Crouched Man
Unrecorded maker
ca. 3100–2650 B.C. · Faience
Cleared · Public Domain
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585 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
404 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Figure of a Crouched Man
Unrecorded maker
ca. 3100–2650 B.C. · Faience
Cleared · Public Domain
livePlaque of a Man
Unrecorded maker
325–641 · Wood
Cleared · Public Domain
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African King from an Adoration Group
Unrecorded maker
before 1489 · Maple with paint and gilding
Cleared · Public Domain
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Head of a Man in Three-Quarter Profile
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem (d. 1553)
1522 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Bust of a Roman Emperor / Bust of a man of African descent
Unrecorded maker
mid-16th century · Sardonyx and gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Diego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687–1750) and an Enslaved Servant
Francesco Solimena (d. 1747)
probably 1731 or 1732 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (d. 1770)
1758–59 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Figure of an Enslaved African Man
Giuseppe Piamontini (d. 1742)
late 18th century · Hard-paste porcelain
Cleared · Public Domain
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Figure of an Asian man
Meissen Manufactory (d. 9999)
late 18th century · Hard-paste porcelain
Cleared · Public Domain
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Why Born Enslaved!
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (d. 1875)
modeled 1868, carved 1873 · Marble
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Indica Femina Africana, Indus Africanus, Indus Orientalis
Jean Jacques Boissard (d. 1602)
1581 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Skeletal Bird Man
Sylvester Mubayi (d. 2022)
1970 · Brown river stone
In copyright
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