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Bishop Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, (painting). Artist:  Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter. Title:  Bishop Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, (painting). Other Titles:  Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Magdelaine Lefebvre de Cheverus, (painting). Dates:  1823. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (92.1 x 72.4 cm). Description:  Portrait of the bishop wearing clerical attire and seated with his body turned to the left, his head turned to face the viewer, his raised right hand gesturing toward the viewer, and his left hand holding a book in his lap with his index finger marking his place in the book. He wears a large cross arouind his neck. In the background there is a draped column and a bit of sky. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lefebvre de Cheverus, Jean-Louis -- Waist length Emblem -- Cross Dress -- Ecclesiastical Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 21.9 Provenance:  Bequest of Quilliou, Charlotte Gore Greenough Hervoches du, Mrs., References:  "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969. Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 262. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 89. Illustration:  Image on file. "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969, pg. 96. Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 262. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 89. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 20490828   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20490828 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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