File:Marianne Celeste Dragon prior to Restoration.png

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Marianne Celeste Dragon prior to Restoration

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Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry  wikidata:Q121438221 reasonator:Q121438221
Artist
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza  (1750–1802)  wikidata:Q65560377
 
Description Mexican portrait painter and painter
Date of birth/death 1750 Edit this at Wikidata 1802 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Mérida
Work location
Louisiana Territory (1782–); New Orleans Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q65560377
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
American English:
Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry Edit this at Wikidata

Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry
title QS:P1476,en-us:"Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len-us,"Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Marianne Celeste Dragon Dimitry"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Marianne Celeste Dragon Edit this at Wikidata
Date from 1790 until 1800
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 37.8 in (96 cm) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 30.3 in (76.9 cm) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+37.8125U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+30.3125U218593
institution QS:P195,Q6689293
Accession number
5750 (Louisiana State Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
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.
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) Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer

John Thomas Block

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Public domain

The author died in 1802, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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