Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Chokwe artist, Angola
19th century (before 1869)
Greek, Attic
ca. 590–580 BCE
Kongo artist and nganga, Yombe group
Second half of the 19th century
Northern Highlands region artist
13th–14th century
Northern Highlands region artist
14th–15th century
Central or northern Highlands region artist
15th century
Ezra (Ethiopian, 1460–1522)
ca. 1500
Kongo artist
16th–17th century (central figure); 18th–19th century (top and bottom figures)
Kongo artist
16th–17th century
Kongo artist
16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)
Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) (Spanish, Játiva 1591–1652 Naples)
1648
Bamana artist
15th–first half 20th century
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
1653
Fang-Betsi artist
19th century
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
1851–53
Igbo artist
19th century
Amadou Ahejo, Kano, Nigeria
ca. 1941
Mande blacksmith
19th–early 20th century
Samuel Jennings (American, 1789–1834)
ca. 1791–92
Kongo artist
Late 18th–19th century
Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)
1939
Olowe of Ise (Nigerian, born Efon-Alaiye, ca. 1873–1938)
before 1938
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Yoruba artist
17th–19th century
ca. 1520–50
Edo artist
16th–19th century
Edo artist
16th–19th century
Alessandro Algardi (Italian, Bologna 1598–1654 Rome)
Probably cast by Giovanni Andrea Lorenzani
second half of the 17th century
Edo artist
16th–17th century
mid-16th century
Master of the Heraldic Ship (Court of Owo or Benin, Nigerian)
ca. 1525–1600
Sapi-Portuguese artist
15th–16th century
Malinke
19th century
Dogon artist
18th–early 19th century