Portrait, Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France
Portrait of Marie-Jeanne Grellier with her slave, oil painting on canvas, 1718, by Chanteloup, in the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion home to merchant Aime-Benjamin Fleuriau, 1707-1877, in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The Grelliers were plantation owners in the Dominican Republic. The girl accepts fruit from a platter held by her slave, who wears a metal collar and turban. The museum explores links between France and the Americas, including the slave trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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