Opening Slide Show: 49


Location: Haiti / Haití / Haïti
Images: Color print of Toussaint Louverture
Comment: Toussaint Louverture (1739 - 1803) is the "father of Haitian independence" (1803).
Cultural humanities: Painting of Toussaint Louverture shown as traditional aristocratic, noble, regal figure (as in Velázquez's Baroque paintings)