Jean Baptiste Roy Audy was one of the most important Quebec painters of the 19th century. His works can be found today in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the National Gallery of Quebec in Quebec City, the McCord Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal and in several parishes in the province. Among these churches is Saint Louis de Lotbinière where his painting of the Baptism of Christ hangs. A second copy he created of this painting can be found in the old church of Sainte Jeanne de Chantal on Ile Perrot. Lotbinière is important in our maternal genealogy; Ile Perrot is a Daoust family bastion. My friend, John Audy is related to this famous painter! |