Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Albert Eckhout (ca. 1607-1665/6): Portrait and Still-life Painter at Johan Maurits's Brazilian Court -- 2 'To Reproduce Nature Itself as Perfectly as Possible': The Brazilian Natural History Drawings of Albert Eckhout -- 3 Cannibalizing America: From the Ethnographic Impulse to the Ethnographic Portrait -- 4 Between the Savage and the Civilized: Eckhout's Brasilianen and Tapuyas -- 5 Black, Brown, and Yellow: Eckhout's Paintings of Africans, Mestizos, and Mulattos -- 6 Eckhout's Paintings: Location and Interpretation -- Conclusion -- Colour Plates -- Appendix A: Chronological Overview of Albert Eckhout's Life -- Appendix B: Works of Art by Albert Eckhout -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- General Index -- List of Illustrations.