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Figures in North African Attire Seated around a Table
Also titled Figuren in Noord-Afrikaanse kledij rondom een tafel
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (Beverwijk, ca. –ca.)
1513 - 1559
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 338 mm x width 545 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
At the Conquest of Tunis in 1535 Emperor Charles V recaptured the city from the Turks. Vermeyen travelled with the troops and made sketches, which he worked out in prints upon his return. This scene is thought to represent Sultan Muley Hassan, who fought on the side of Charles v, and his entourage. Vermeyen’s interest in expressive gestures and powerful contrasts of light and dark is clearly visible in this print.
