Similarities and Differences between Kehinde Wiley and the Singh Twins Kehinde Wiley During my visit to Bozar in Brussels in … More
Month: March 2021
Vrouwen in de wereldgeschiedenis
Bewerking uit het boek Cupido en Sideron. Twee Moren aan het hof van Oranje. Periode: achttiende eeuw. Locaties: Den Haag … More
From Cupido and Sideron: childen as gifts/kinderen als cadeautjes
In the eighteenth and other centuries it was quite normal in Europe to give African children as gifts. The French governor in Senegal, Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers, describes in letters how he selects children for the high nobility in France. 1786: “I am just buying a little African girl of two or three years old to send to Madame the Duchess of Orleans […]. Her eyes are like little stars and her appearance is so soft and calm that I am moved to tears when I think of her. “
Esther Schreuder 