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Did you know... that Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured) fetched nearly $1 mlllion at auction despite questions about both its artist and subject?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 03:30, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (c. 1837), attributed to George Catlin

... that the best-known presumed depiction of Louisiana Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau was copied from Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured)? Source: "The image of Marie Laveau most often reproduced is the painting that now hangs in the Louisiana State Museum in the old Cabildo on Jackson Square. ... The present whereabouts of the original painting is unknown, and it is Schneider's copy that hangs in the Louisiana State Museum." Long, Carolyn Morrow (2006). A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8130-2974-0.

ALT1: ... that Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured) was presumed lost until it appeared at auction in 2022?
" It has been surrounded by mystery and legend and lost to the public eye for decades" Source: "Lot 883: Rare Early Creole Portrait". Brunk Auctions. Asheville, North Carolina. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-08-03.;
"The present whereabouts of the original painting is unknown, and it is Schneider's copy that hangs in the Louisiana State Museum." Long, Carolyn Morrow (2006). A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8130-2974-0.
ALT2: ... that Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured) fetched nearly $1 mlllion at auction despite questions about both its artist and subject?
Source: "Scholars say there’s no proof the painting depicts Laveau at all, and there’s a very good chance Catlin didn’t paint it." MacCash, Doug (2022-05-24). "Famous portrait of someone who is not Marie Laveau sells for almost $1 million". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

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Comment: The Long source only shows snippits on Google Books, but the text can be searched successfully via Amazon.

Created by Tcr25 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:26, 4 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I will review this Chidgk1 (talk) 15:23, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1937 in infobox is typo for 1837? - but 1833 is mentioned in loan note? Hooks are OK but maybe we can make an even more clickbait one with voodoo- if I get an idea I will suggest. Chidgk1 (talk) 09:08, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, typo in the infobox fixed (thanks!). 1833 is what the annual report says. (It also says "C. Catlin" instead of "G. Catlin" and is listed as being a little smaller than the actual portrait is. But the picture in plate v of the report clearly shows the same painting.) I haven't seen any sources point out or explain those discrepancies. It is most likely an error/typo in the biennial report. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 11:46, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Checked new enough long enough and no copyvio as far as Earwig and I can tell. Thanks for nice article. I get "access denied" on source but accepting ALT2 as I cannot think of better. Good to go and I hope the great pic gets in too. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]