Theresa Diana Levesque
Ambrose Duval
1810
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1975.59.2
Tags
bust
About this artwork
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.