Another noteworthy bronze in the Liebieghaus is the Black Venus (ca. 1600) by Barthélemy Prieur. This French mannerist artist was the court sculptor of Henri IV but this small bronze is more important than all his larger works. It is considered the first use of a black woman to portray the ideal of female beauty in a European sculpture.
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