Portrait of Madame Récamier

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Neoclassical painting painting

Portrait of Madame Récamier is a famous Neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the fashionable Parisian socialite Juliette Récamier reclining on a Directoire-style sofa.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Neoclassical painting → painting →
artist	Jacques-Louis David →
city	Paris →
collection	Louvre Museum →
commissionedBy	Juliette Récamier →
completionDate	circa 1800 →
country	France →
countryOfOrigin	France →
creator	Jacques-Louis David →
culturalContext	French Directoire period →
depicts	Juliette Récamier →
depictsClothingStyle	Empire-style dress →
depictsGender	female →
depictsHairstyle	classical coiffure →
depictsOccupation	socialite →
depictsSocialStatus	Parisian high society →
genre	portrait painting →
hasArtHistoricalSignificance	iconic example of Neoclassical portraiture → influential in the depiction of fashionable women in the early 19th century →
hasArtisticSchool	French Neoclassicism →
hasArtisticTheme	elegance → femininity → social status →
hasBackground	sparse interior →
hasColorPalette	muted tones →
hasLighting	soft diffuse light →
hasPerspective	frontal three-quarter view →
inception	1800 →
influenced	later portraits of reclining women →
influencedBy	Roman sculpture → classical antiquity →
location	Louvre Museum →
materialUsed	oil paint →
medium	oil on canvas →
movement	Neoclassicism →
museumDepartment	Department of Paintings of the Louvre →
notableFor	Directoire-style furniture design → austere composition and empty space around the sitter →
originalLanguageTitle	Portrait de Madame Récamier →
period	early 19th century →
showsFurniture	Directoire-style sofa →
showsPose	reclining →
sitter	Juliette Récamier →
style	Neoclassical →
subjectAlsoKnownAs	Madame Récamier →
subjectName	Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier →
support	canvas →
title	Portrait of Madame Récamier →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Juliette Récamier ("Portrait of Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David") → Juliette Récamier ("Madame Récamier by François Gérard") →	portrayedIn
Jacques-Louis David →	notableWork
Portrait of Madame Récamier ("Portrait de Madame Récamier") →	originalLanguageTitle
Portrait of Madame Récamier →	title