Portrait of Zaga Christ by Giovanni Grazoni. An Ethiopian imposter claiming to be a prince, traveled across the Middle East and Europe. He penned the earliest African autobiography published in Europe. This is earliest portrait miniature of a black sitter in western art [1296×1497]

Zaga Christ was an Ethiopian who presented himself as a prince, son of Emperor Yaqob I. In the 1630s, he traveled through Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Italy, and France, captivating European courts with his intellect and charisma. Likely of noble but not royal descent, he skillfully capitalized on Europe’s fascination with Ethiopia at that time (Prester John) to his favors and gain patronage from figures like Cardinal Richelieu and the Duke of Savoy. He authored the earliest known African autobiography published in Europe,), and was portrayed in the first documented European portrait miniature of an African by Giovanna Garzoni in 1635. His reputation suffered after death due to a controversial relations with a Franciscan nun in Rome and later adultery allegations in Paris, leading to his arrest. He died of pleurisy in France in 1638 in Cardinal Richelieu’s home

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He definitely looks like Prince.