Caption:
Personification of Africa, Rosalba Carriera, Italian, 16731757, Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, Bust length figure of a black woman, her right breast exposed and holding a scorpion in her right hand. She wears a turban decorated with feathers and jewels, pearl pendant earrings and a close-fitting pearl necklace. Her body is tilted forward and her gaze is directed to the left., Italy, before 1720, portraits, Drawing, Drawing