Jeunes Indiennes à Lorette
Théophile Hamel · 1865
Why it's great
Two young Indigenous girls from Wendake (then called Lorette), a Huron-Wendat village near Quebec City, pose in their dresses. Théophile Hamel painted them with great sympathy and care. Many Quebec artists visited Wendake to paint portraits. It's a gentle record of the people who lived there.
Where to see it
📍 Musée national des beaux-arts du QuébecQuebec City, Canada
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Théophile Hamel was born near Quebec City and studied in Europe in the 1840s. He became one of the most important portrait painters in Canada, painting political leaders and church figures. He lived in Quebec City. He died there in 1870.
