Negersklaven-Markt in Rio de Janeiro [Black slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Slave Trade, Brasil / Brazil]

Negersklaven-Markt in Rio de Janeiro [Black slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Slave Trade, Brasil / Brazil]

(25,3 x 34,7 cm). Important lithography of Johann Moritz Rugendas depicting a slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under a porch. On the right side, the owner appears to show the teeth of an enslaved African to a potential buyer; on the left, another Western-clad visitor shares a tense stare with a slave; a group of Black women are cooking; a young man draws a ship on the wall. The harsh condition of the slaves is contrasted with the "tropical romanticism" of the background: on the right, a church surrounded by palm trees and other tropical plants; in the center, the bay of Rio, with a ship docking. As often in Rugendas' prints, the fate of the enslaved Africans is compared with that of Jesus, the 'Suffering Servant'. The upper part of the print has Christian symbols seemingly dialoguing with the slave market: on the right side, the spire of the church with its cross oversees the slave trader and his client. Below the roof, a statue of Mary holding Jesus is mirroring a Black woman holding a baby in her lap, around the fire. The prints of Johann Moritz Rugendas played an important role in the debates leading to the abolition of slavery in Western Europe, and are often still used to illustrate both the brutality of the slave trade and the shift in European attitudes towards it. These lithographs were published in 1835 and 1836, in the French and German editions of Rugendas's travelogue ("Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil"). In both cases, the illustrations were engraved and published by the renowned Swiss artist Karl Joseph Brodtmann. Our copy is from the German edition (1836). Original Rugendas lithographs are rare in the market, as they were only included in the first two French and German editions of his work. Full title: Ausschiffung der Negersklaven (Disembarkation of Black Slaves). ----------------- Edición alemana de la litografía de Rugendas que muestra un mercado de esclavos en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, bajo un porche. El dueño parece mostrar los dientes de un africano esclavizado a un posible comprador; otro visitante vestido a la occidental comparte una mirada tensa con un esclavo; un grupo de mujeres negras está cocinando; un joven dibuja un barco en la pared. La dura condición de los esclavos contrasta con el "romanticismo tropical" del fondo: a la derecha, una iglesia rodeada de palmeras y otras plantas tropicales; en el centro, la bahía de Río, con un barco atracando. Como ocurre a menudo en los grabados de Rugendas, el destino de los africanos esclavizados se compara con el de Jesús, el 'Siervo Sufriente'. La parte superior del grabado tiene símbolos cristianos que aparentemente dialogan con el mercado de esclavos: en el lado derecho, el campanario de la iglesia con su cruz supervisa al traficante de esclavos y su cliente. Debajo del techo, una estatua de María sosteniendo a Jesús está incorporada en la pared, reflejando a una mujer negra sosteniendo un bebé en su regazo alrededor del fuego. Los grabados de Johann Moritz Rugendas j

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