Personification of Africa
date: label: Date
content: before 1720
name: label: Artist
content: Rosalba Carriera, Italian, 1673–1757
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bust length figure of a black woman, her right breast exposed and holding a scorpion in her right hand. She wears a turban decorated with feathers and jewels, pearl pendant earrings and a close-fitting pearl necklace. Her body is tilted forward and her gaze is directed to the left.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-7-c
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: 43.8 x 34.2 cm (17 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 58.4 × 49.5 × 5.1 cm (23 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 2 in.)