In 1645, after his escape from the Parliamentary forces that had captured him as part of the Royalist regiment and his return to Antwerp, Hollar published a number of portraits, the most remarkable of which show three diasporic African people. The present image shows an African boy in profile wearing a broad white collar, set in an oval frame; it is much the same as another portrait produced by Hollar at this time, but much of the facial detail lacks shading. Unfortunately almost all the subjects of Hollar's portraits remain anonymous.