Higiemon, a Black painter who lived and worked in Vienna circa 1670-80 (according to Sonja Steffek). Possibly from the West Indies, used the name of a Greek painter from the 9th century BC. Depicted with pearl earring holding a paintbrush. Higiemonte Indus, Higiemondo Indianer. Copperplate engraving by Philipp Kilian after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.