An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has ... “But it’s also unique in British art and allows us to widen our understanding of ...

A black-and-white etching on paper, an art form that has been around for 500 years. A portrait of a woman. In the background, probably some kind of domestic interior. A simple title, American Girl.

“This anonymous painting is a great rarity in British art, as a mid-seventeenth-century work that depicts a black woman and a white woman with equal status. It is not a portrait of real ...

A remarkably unique 17th-century double portrait depicting a Black and white woman side-by-side as equals ... historic mansion Compton Verney for its art gallery in Warwickshire, England.

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Hundreds of people helped clean and restore a sculpture of a seated Black woman by ...

“This anonymous painting is a great rarity in British art, as a mid-seventeenth-century work that depicts a black woman and a white woman with equal status,” said RCEWA members Pippa Shirley ...