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[ 69 ] cristofano dell’altissimo (Italian, ca. 1525–1605) Portrait of Sultan Caith Bey, ca. 1590 Oil on panel; 60 × 44 cm Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1890, no. 8) provenance Medici family, by commission; Guardaroba of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; transferred to the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

[ 70 ] cristofano dell’altissimo (Italian, ca. 1525–1605) Portrait of Alchitrof, 1580s? Oil on panel; 60 × 45 cm Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1890, no. 3065) provenance Medici family, by commission; Guardaroba of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; transferred to the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

[ 71 ] cristofano dell’altissimo (Italian, ca. 1525–1605) Portrait of Emperor Atana de Dinghel (Dawit III), before 1568 Oil on panel; 58 × 43 cm Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1890, no. 1) provenance Medici family, by commission; Guardaroba of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; transferred to the Uffizi Gallery, Florence 72

[ 72 ] tobias stimmer (Swiss, 1539–1584) David Maximus Abyssinorum Aethiopum Rex From Paolo Giovio, Pavli Iovii Novocomensis episcopi nucerini Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium [The Praises of illustrious men of martial virtue of Paolo Giovio of Como, bishop of Nocera] (Basel: P. Pernae opera ac studio, 1575) Woodcut; 32.5 × 25.1 cm The George Peabody Library, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (923.5 G514 quarto, p. 355) provenance The George Peabody Library, by purchase baltimore only

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Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

Published on Oct 29, 2013

The Walters Art Museum

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe invites visitors to explore the roles of Africans and their descendants in Renaissance Europe as revealed in compelling paintings, drawings, sculpture and printed books of the period. Vivid portraits from life both encourage face-to-face encounters with the individuals themselves and pose questions about the challenges of color, class, and stereotypes that this new diversity brought to Europe. Despite the importance of the questions posed for audiences today, this is the first time they have been addressed in a major exhibition. Organized by the Walters, the exhibition opened in Baltimore on October 14 and at the Princeton University Art Museum in February 2013. It featured about 75 works of art drawn from the Walters, major museums in the U.S. and Europe, and private collections.