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Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
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Jacques-Louis David was a famous Neo-classical painter and very influential, both in politics and in the art scene during the French Revolution era. Born in 1748 into a well-established family, he was raised by his uncles and received an excellent education at the University of Paris. David had a facial tumor, an issue that troubled his speech, which brought him problems in school. In 1774, Jacques-Louis won the Prix de Rome with his magnificent Antiochus and Stratonice, with the support and instructions of his mentor, Vien.
He became a student of François Boucher, one of the most prominent painters of the XVII century, and was a distant relative. With the master, he learned to paint in Rococo style. Still, with young David more prone to the Classical style, Boucher decided to send his student to Joseph-Marie Vien to finish his education in the Royal Academy, now the Louvre museum.
The astonishing portrait of Madame Récamier shows the socialite of Paris, Juliette Récamier, at the height of Neo-classical fashion. She is reclining on a Directory style sofa in an Empire line dress, with almost bare arms, and short hair "à la" Titus", all this being very avant-garde for the time. Récamier is a type of sofa or chaise longue on which she liked to recline on, and it was named in her honor. This is less than a portrait of a person but an ideal of feminine elegance. Madame Récamier, although only twenty-three years old, was already one of the most admired women of her time.
Commissioned in 1800 by Madame Récamier, a Parisian socialite, it remained unfinished. The high society woman thought that David was working too slowly and requested the same painting from one of his students. The artist got angry with that act and did not finish the work of art. In his own words, Jacques-Louis said to the Madame: "Women have their whims, as do artists. Allow me to satisfy mine by keeping this portrait."
Known as Juliette, Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier was one of the most influential women in French society. She was married to a banker, Jacques-Rose Récamier, since 15 years old, and remained a virgin until her forties, without the consumption of their marriage. There was a rumor going around at the time that mister Récamier was her biological father, who married Juliette to make her his heir.
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