Marianne Celeste Dragon (or Dracos) Attributed to Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza&nb

Marianne Celeste Dragon (or Dracos) Attributed to Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza c. 1795 Oil on canvas, 37 ¼ x 30 ¼ in. (94.6 x 76.8 cm) Louisiana State Museum, Gift of John T. Block, 05750 Marianne Dragon (1777-1856) was the daughter of Michael Dragon and Marianne Françoise Chauvin de Beaulieu de Montplaisir (1755 - 1822), a Creole. She married André Dimitry of New Orleans in 1799 and bore him ten children. Her portrait is more complex and interesting than that of her father. Marianne is shown seated in a Windsor chair near a Louis XVI desk. Her aqua-colored dress with laced bodice and cuffs, pearl necklace and double strand of pearls in her hair, and gold hoop earrings bespeak wealth, privilege, and eligibility for marriage. The flowers are symbolic of her role as young woman capable of bearing children. Marianne’s vaguely foreign costume suggests her exotic heritage as well as growing interest in escapism and pastoral fantasies reflected in literature and poetry of the era. -- source link
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