Dr. Diala Touré: Portrait of Louise Marie-Therese

Presentation: The 17th century portrait of Louise Marie-Therese. Louise Marie-Therese also known as The Negroid Nun of Moret, was a French nun and the object of a gossip story in the 18th century where she is pointed out as the illegitimate daughter of the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain.

Dr. Diala Touré is Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art

related exhibition: Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe: The Contemporary Response