Gov.uk By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated December 15, 2021
The United Kingdom has temporarily barred a 17th-Century painting of a Black woman coupled with a white woman from leaving the country in hopes to grant enough time for any British buyer to purchase the artwork.
Valued at £272,800 (roughly $360,000), the coveted painting, titled “Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School,” depicts a Black and white woman as equals, in matching hair and opulent garb, as well as adorned in similar jewelry,
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