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    585 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    404 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Figure of an Enslaved African Man"12 records

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Figure of a Crouched Man by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of a Crouched Man

Unrecorded maker

ca. 3100–2650 B.C. · Faience

Cleared · Public Domain

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Plaque of a Man by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque of a Man

Unrecorded maker

325–641 · Wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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African King from an Adoration Group by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Francesco Solimena, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Giuseppe Piamontini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Meissen Manufactory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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! by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Why Born Enslaved!

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (d. 1875)

modeled 1868, carved 1873 · Marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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No 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

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No 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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