Standing around a painting of Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys: Sisters Anne Seeley, Lori Sills, Kathleen Deignan, Maria Cassano, Regina DeVitto and Jaculyn Hanrahan.
Photo, CND, 2009

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Uncovering Her True Portrait

Until the middle of the 20th century, the Sisters of the Con­gre­ga­tion and their students thought of this as the authentic por­trait of Marguerite Bourgeoys.

But see what they found when the painting was x-rayed.

Work done to reveal her true portrait

Untouched portrait.

First layer of paint removed.

Second layer of paint removed.

The original portrait

This is the authentic portrait of Marguerite Bourgeoys as painted the day after her death on January 12, 1700 by Pierre Le Ber.

The original can be seen at Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum located next to Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in Old Montreal.


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