Theresa Diana Levesque

Ambrose Duval, Theresa Diana Levesque, 1810, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.59.2
Copied 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
Keywords
  • 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.