This painting appears in the Collections of Louis XIV. In ancient inventories it bears the title "Angola, Negro, Trumpet of King Louis XIV, with his mistress", ca. 1682. Its pendant is "<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohammed_Tenim_Ambassadeur_du_Maroc_a_la_Comedie_Italienne_1682_Antoine_Coypel_1661-1722_Versailles.jpg" title="File:Mohammed Tenim Ambassadeur du Maroc a la Comedie Italienne 1682 Antoine Coypel 1661-1722 Versailles.jpg">The Ambassadors of Morocco at the Comédie-Italienne (Versailles)</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Antoine_Coypel" class="extiw" title="w:en:Antoine Coypel"><span title="French painter (1661-1722)">Antoine Coypel</span></a>
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between 1684 and 1722 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1684-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1722-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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