Festival of the King, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ca. 1770s
Shows the coronotion of a Black Queen and clothing styles of female slaves. The elaborately attired Queen is accompanied by two slave women, one holds her long cape, the other an umbrella to protect her from the sun. She is followed by an entourage of slave women, some dancing and playing various musical instruments, e.g., drum, rasp. Born in Italy ca. 1740, Juliao joined the Portuguese army and traveled widely in the Portuguese empire; by the 1760s or 1770s he was in Brazil, where he died in 1811 or 1814. For a detailed analysis and critique of Juliao's figures as representations of Brazilian slave life, as well as a biographical sketch of Juliao and suggested dates for his paintings, see Silvia Hunold Lara, Customs and Costumes: Carlos Juliao and the Image of Black Slaves in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil (Slavery & Abolition, vol. 23 [2002], pp. 125-146).
Image Title
Festival of the King, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ca. 1770s
RegID
SI-OB-275
Date
1770-1780
Title
Festival of the King, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ca. 1770s
Source
Carlos Juliao, Riscos illuminados de figurinhos de broncos e negros dos uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro do Frio (Rio de Janeiro, 1960), plate 37. The prints used as plates in this book are housed in the Secao de Iconografia in the National Library of Brazil; the historical introduction and descriptive catalog were written by Lygia da Foneseca Fernandes da Cunha. (Copy in Tulane University Library)
Language
Portuguese
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Reproduced In
Carlos Juliao, Riscos illuminados de figurinhos de broncos e negros dos uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro do Frio (Rio de Janeiro, 1960), plate 37.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
juliao12