Magwaza’s work is defined by its zulu sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Vessel (Ukhamba)
Magwaza family Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Chest
Attributed to the Valdés family (active 18th–19th centuries) New Mexico

Casket
Embriachi Workshop (Florence, Italy, c. 1370-1395 and Venice, Italy, 1395-c. 1420) Italian; Venice

Mourning Sampler
Made by members of the Smith and Humphreys families at Miss Field’s School Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Family Concert
Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626–1679)

Barometer
Vulliamy London English, 18th-19th century

Virgin and Child with an Angel
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510)

Dorothea and Francesca
Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)

Kesa
Japan

Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan
Joshua Johnson (American, c. 1763–after 1825)

Miscegenated Family Album
Lorraine O'Grady American, 1934-2024

Flight from Pompeii
Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, 1809–1873)

A Family One Evening In A Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania
Diane Arbus American, 1923–1971

A Family Meal
Evert Pieters (Dutch, 1856–1932)

Satyr Mother and Child
Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Severo di Domenico Calzetta; Italian, active c. 1495–c. 1543)

Italian Family, Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940

The Builders
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia
Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar (French, 1762–1834)

The Nativity
Circle of Donatello (Italian, c. 1386–1466)