Antique Print of an enslaved Woman in Iran by De Bruyn (1714)

Description: Antique print titled 'Swarte Slavin'. Copper engraving of an enslaved woman in Iran. People from Ethiopia, Nubia (Northern Sudan/Southern Egypt) and Somalia; and the East Africans having transited through Zanzibar and other ports of the Swahili Coast were brought to Iran, along with captives from Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and the Caucasus (Russia). Ethiopian and Nubian females were mostly employed as concubines and confidantes in harems and could reach key positions. Females from the Swahili Coast often performed domestic work. This print originates from ''Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie (..)' by C. de Bruyn. 

Artists and Engravers: Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn, (1652 - 1726) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buildings, plants and animals.