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A muscular, nearly nude Black man reclines on a lion’s skin in this freestanding bronze sculpture. In this photograph, his head is to our left and his feet extend to our right. His face tips down, and he has short, curly hair, a furrowed brow, and a small, rounded nose. His full lips are closed, and he has hollows in his cheeks. He leans onto his right elbow, closer to us, which rests on an object, perhaps a basket. His right knee is raised so that foot is flat on the ground. He clutches the bent leg just below the knee with his other hand, and his left leg stretches long. The lion’s head,…

Allegory of Africa

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (French, 1834 - 1904)

model 1863/1865, cast date unknown · bronze

National Gallery of Art · Gift of the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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