Painting, Chapelle des Ursulines, Quebec City

Holy Family Welcoming a Young Indian Girl, oil painting, 17th century, by a French artist named Le Frere Luc, intending to encourage a new French Canadian race under the French King, in the Chapel of the Ursuline Monastery, or Chapelle des Ursulines, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline Convent was founded in 1639 and is the oldest girls school on the continent. The chapel was built 1723-39 for the centennial of the arrival of the Ursulines in Quebec City. The building now houses a museum, the Musee des Ursulines de Quebec. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1639 Chapelle Convent Frere Quebec Quebecois Ursuline Ursulines Vieux-quebec Ville Welcoming

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