His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met

‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met
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Jeremy K. Simien, an art collector from Baton Rouge, spent years trying to find “Bélizaire” after seeing an image of it online in 2013, following its restoration, that featured all four figures.

Bélizaire and the Frey Children (After and Before Restoration)

Attributed to Jacques Amans

(French artist Jacques Amans was a leading portraitist in New Orleans during the 1840s- 1850s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection, New York