Identifed as an early work of Jacob Jordaens by Roger d'Hulst. The laughing African man depicted as one of the Magi is "the living proof that only Europeans were under the moderating influence of civilization", as according to contemporary European observers they "laughed savagely yet innocently aloud", hence they were commonly associated with comic roles.
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Johan Verberckmoes (1999). Laughter, Jestbooks and Society in the Spanish Netherlands. Springer. ISBN1349271764, p. 44
Dariusz Nowacki, Magdalena Piwocka (2011). Klejnoty w dawnej Polsce. Carta Blanca. Grupa Wydawnicza PWN. ISBN9788377051429, p. 228
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a painting of an African man wearing a gold crown and fur coat in front of a European man with a long beard wearing a fur hat