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Many scholars, without concrete evidence, believe that Leo Africanus 1485-1554 was the inspiration behind William Shakespeare’s Othello, shown here with Desdemona in an 1849 painting by Théodore Chassériau, currently in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Chassériau, T. (2024, September 18). Leo Africanus as Shakespeare's Othello. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19457/leo-africanus-as-shakespeares-othello/
Chicago Style
Chassériau, Théodore. "Leo Africanus as Shakespeare's Othello." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 18, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19457/leo-africanus-as-shakespeares-othello/.
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Chassériau, Théodore. "Leo Africanus as Shakespeare's Othello." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 18 Sep 2024. Web. 03 Mar 2025.
