REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: A black drummer and commander mounted on mules; riding in profile

✦ REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn

🖼 A black drummer and commander mounted on mules; riding in profile, c. 1637

◈ Brown ink and wash, red chalk and yellow watercolour

⊞ 230 × 171 cm

▣ British Museum

◎ London, United Kingdom

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A mounted commander and black drummer ride mules in sharp profile, rendered with Rembrandt's characteristic chiaroscuro and dynamic line work. The composition challenges 17th-century racial hierarchies by depicting African figures with dignified prominence in Dutch Golden Age imagery.

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Marieke de Winkel

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