File:Marianne Celeste Dragon prior to Restoration.png
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Summary
Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry
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| Title |
American English: Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry  Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Depicted people |
Marianne Celeste Dragon |
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| Date |
from 1790 until 1800 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 37.8 in (96 cm) ; width: 30.3 in (76.9 cm) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
5750 (Louisiana State Museum) |
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| Object history |
The painting was in the possession of Andrea Dimitry and Marianne Celeste Dragon's granddaughter Mary Celeste Dimitry (February 18, 1842). She was the daughter of their fifth child John Baptiste Micheal Dracos Dimitry who was an educator and graduate of Georgetown. Mary Celeste Dimitry married John Thomas Block on April 26, 1866 they donated the painting to the Louisiana State Museum sometime between 1866-1907. For years, historians believed the work was completed by Louis Godefroy. Regrettably, the family was constantly persecuted because of their identity as people of African descent. According to the Louisiana State Museum, the painting was significantly altered and the figure was painted white when it was donated. Experts discovered the alteration in the 1960s but the main problem was that museum curators had a massive collection of documents and artifacts from the Dimitry family including a picture of the painting published in local newspapers. The family worked hard at concealing their identity and would never openly publish information that would rouse suspicion as to their African ethnic heritage. The family went to lengths to create an American Indian lineage in family genealogy books and newspaper publications around the time of the Pandely Affair. The museums may have discovered the fabricated published image where Marianne Celeste Dragon takes on the facial appearance of an American Indian woman. The present picture of the painting was taken before the museum altered the painting when it was donated by the family and whitened. The museum accidentally repainted the figure to look like the fabricated American Indian image. |
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| Notes | This is the Work Before and After Restoration! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-state-museum/collections/visual-art/artists/jos-francisco-xavier-de-salazar-y-mendoza (English) |
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| Source/Photographer | Donation to Museum Record | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| current | 18:42, 23 August 2023 | | 750 × 758 (1,004 KB) | Tzim78 | Uploaded a work by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza from https://gw.geneanet.org/jelumac?lang=en&n=dragon&oc=0&p=marianne+celeste with UploadWizard |
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