As conceived by Joaneath Spicer, the Walters's curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art, the first half of the exhibition investigates general conditions of Africans in Europe.

WSJ: Less Familiar Faces | Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe | Princeton University Art Museum | By Barrymore Laurence Scherer

His swirl is one of the hallmarks of Mannerism a mode of expression whose exaggerations broke the classical perfection and balance of the High Renaissance, and started art on the road to the Baroque.

WSJ: Il Rosso Fiorentino | Deposition | A Maelstrom of Grief | Masterpiece by Peter Plagens