A black drummer and commander mounted on mules; riding in profile
by REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn, Brown ink and wash, red chalk and yellow watercolour, 230 x 171 mm
Catalogue number: Benesch 365.
This drawing corresponds to a description of African drummers in a pageant celebrating the marriage in The Hague of Amalia van Solm’s sister in February 1638. However, the headdress of the second figure is more Hungarian than African.