Theresa Diana Levesque

Ambrose Duval, Theresa Diana Levesque, 1810, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.59.2
Ambrose Duval, Theresa Diana Levesque, 1810, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.59.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Theresa Diana Levesque
Artist
Date
1810
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Levesque, Theresa Diana — bust
Object Number
1975.59.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1975.59.2

Artwork Description

Ambrose Duval painted this portrait a few years after he arrived in New Orleans. It is not clear how he knew the young lady Theresa Diana Levesque, but she appears to have been a woman of fashion, and would have been nearly the same age as the artist.

Works by this artist (1 item)

Ambrose Duval, Theresa Diana Levesque, 1810, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.59.2
Theresa Diana Levesque
Artist
Date1810
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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