At the time David painted his portrait, Juliette Récamier was 23 years old. Famous for its beauty and spirit, it brings together the brilliant Parisian company in its private mansion on rue du Mont-Blanc. Soon considered one of the main centres of opposition to the First Consul Bonaparte, his salon was closed in 1803 on the orders of the government. David makes a portrait without decoration or artifice. It is an ideal portrait of an era that expresses itself through a refined simplicity, a refined taste; a portrait with subtle psychology and paints a picture with a "singular blend of
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