Maybe. But I also wouldn’t be shocked if some European painters knew black people existed and some didn’t. And the ones that didn’t just painted him looking like everyone else around them.
Black people were afaik more commonly seen in Europe than one might think.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if they assumed that other kings must also be white, or that they assumed the racial makeup of this faraway realms was similar to their own.
Maybe. But I also wouldn’t be shocked if some European painters knew black people existed and some didn’t. And the ones that didn’t just painted him looking like everyone else around them.
Black people were afaik more commonly seen in Europe than one might think.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if they assumed that other kings must also be white, or that they assumed the racial makeup of this faraway realms was similar to their own.