New York Post
By Alex Mitchell
August 21, 2023 2:46pm Updated
A 19th-century family portrait that was altered to cover an enslaved teenager has been restored to its original version.
The painting, initially etched on canvas, is now set to hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art this fall after half a century in hiding.
The Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans attributed work from 1837, titled “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” depicts the three kids of wealthy New Orleans French Quarter banker Frederick Frey alongside 15-year-old Bélizaire — whom the family reportedly purchased as a 6-year-old.