Blackamoor (decorative arts)
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Blackamoor is a type of figure and visual trope in European decorative art, typically found in works from the Early Modern period, depicting a man of sub-Saharan African descent, usually in clothing t
Pair of Italian figures in painted wood, 18th century
"Moor with Emerald Cluster" by Balthasar Permoser in the collection of the Grünes Gewölbe
Moretto Veneziano (Sultano)
Advertisement for a jewellery store in Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia), early 20th century)
Balthasar Permoser
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Balthasar Permoser was among the leading sculptors of his generation, whose evolving working styles spanned the late Baroque and early Rococo.
Bust of Marsyas (1680–1685).
Moor with Emerald plate (1724).
Christ at the martyr's column (c. 1725)
Permoser's sculpture in the Nymphenbad, Zwinger.