Portrait of Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus

Portrait of Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus is an 1823 portrait painting by the American artist Gilbert Stuart depicting the French Roman Catholic bishop Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus.

[1] [2] After going into exile following the French Revolution he first lived in England before moving to America in 1796 where he rose to become the first Bishop of Boston.

[3] The same year the portrait was painted the bishop was recalled to France, serving as Bishop of Montauban and Archbishop of Bordeaux before being made a cardinal in 1836.

Today the painting is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, having been acquired in 1921.

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