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| Keywords: German - Brooch of an African - Walters 57887 - Back.jpg This enameled brooch is made in the shape of a manacled kneeling African in rich attire The casualness of the insensitivity is breath taking today but it was consistent with 17th-century views on the inevitability of hierarchy as a reflection of natural law; every creature and thing had its God-given place Slavery was an accepted institution throughout the Muslim and Christian world ca 1680 1720 Baroque silver enamel lacquer pearl cm 5 6 accession number 57 887 31558 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Dresden Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque jewellery Jewellery of Germany Black Africans in art Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
