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Summary
anonymous
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Black Admiral
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| Title |
Black Admiral
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| Object type |
painting
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art forgery
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| Genre |
portrait
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| Description |
English:
The "
Black Admiral
" painting. The pale spots are areas where solvents were applied.
Revolutionary War-era U.S. painting of unknown provenance that appears to depict a black man in U.S. naval uniform. In 2006, it was revealed that this 18th-century painting was merely a white sailor overlaid in the mid-to-late 20th century with African features.
Français :
La peinture dite
le Marin corsaire noir
, l’
Amiral noir
ou le
Portrait d'un marin noir de la Guerre d'indépendance
, en cours de restauration, 2005. Les taches pâles sont des zones où des solvants ont été appliqués. Ce portrait datant de l'époque de la Guerre d'indépendance américaine représente un homme noir en uniforme, avec un navire corsaire américain à l'arrière-plan. En 2005, une restauration a révélé que le tableau dépeignait à l'origine un marin blanc, qui avait été repeint au XXe siècle afin de lui conférer des traits caractéristiques noirs. La découverte a fait chuter la valeur estimée du tableau de US$300 000 à US$3 000.
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| Date |
18
th
century
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| Medium |
oil
on
canvas
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| Collection |
Private collection
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| Place of creation |
United States of America
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| References | ||
| Source/Photographer |
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5398530 Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. / 19 May 2006 (original upload date) / The original uploader was Sandstein at English Wikipedia . |
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Licensing
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This image appeared on English Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 23 May 2006 (see archives ). |
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,
public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "
faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain
".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
Original upload log
The original description page was
here
. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
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| 2006-05-19 20:51 | 398×520× (44318 bytes) | Sandstein | From http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5398530. |