In early 1514, Afonso de Albuquerque, governor of Portuguese India, sent ambassadors to Sultan Muzafar II, ruler of Cambay (modern day Gujarat), to seek permission to build a fort on the island of Diu. The mission returned without an agreement, but certain diplomatic gifts were exchanged on the occasion…
De Albuquerque decided to forward one of these gifts to King Manuel I of Portugal, and on reaching Portugal,it caused a sensation of sorts. Some people remarked “it was as if a piece of classical antiquity which had been rediscovered, like a statue or an inscription….”
News and descriptions of this "gift" reached Nuremberg through multiple routes and inspired a creation which still exerts a profound influence in the artisitic world.
So what resulted?
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alphonso mango?
I too am inclined to suggest Alphonso mango. But what is the connection to the artistic world ??
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