Early medieval legends reported that one of the three kings who paid homage to the newborn Christ Child in Bethlehem was from Africa. But it would be nearly one thousand years before artists began representing Balthazar, the youngest of the magi, as a Black African. This exhibition explores the juxtaposition of a seemingly positive image with the painful histories of Afro-European contact, particularly the brutal enslavement of African peoples.
Open 10am – 5:30pm*
Sat 10am – 9pm
Closed Mondays**
* Closing December 24 & 31, 2019 at 4pm
** Open December 23 & 30, 2019 10am – 5:30pm
Free admission
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive (Intersection of Getty Center Drive & Sepulveda Blvd.)
Los Angeles, CA
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A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art
