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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: The white Negress

🖼 The white Negress, c. 1630
Etching, second state of two
112 × 84 cm
Haarlem, Netherlands

A woman with dark skin sits in rich fabrics against shadowed background, rendered with luminous brushwork and psychological intensity. The portrait challenges 17th-century conventions by depicting a Black subject with dignity and individuality, rare in Dutch Golden Age art.

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