Madame Rekam is a portrait of a mistress and a muse.

(outside the name of the French Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde, daughter of Bernard - Bernard; 3rd birth 1777, Lyon, France - 11th May 1849, Paris), women whose origins lie in French history and about yaku Historians, literary scholars, and mystical scholars are still writing about this. There are many images of this image by artists, sculptors and engravers.
What else does this woman have to add, since she hasn’t done anything miraculous, hasn’t achieved any great feat?

Francois Gerard. Portrait of Madame Recam'e. 1805 r_k. Paris, France, Musees Carnavalet
François Gerard created a portrait of Madame Recam'e in 1805, when Juliette was twenty years old. He wrote her letter in her mansion on the Rue Mont-Blanc, on light light cloth, with bare shoulders, arms and open feet, like an ancient goddess. The red curtain between the columns closes the interior, resounding the expanse of the portico and the skyline overlooking Paris, a kind of temple-life of a beautiful woman, whom everyone called the queen of beauty. High and string, there is a small wondrous grace, such a special internal musical rhythm, which Gerard is trying to convey, folds that strumenil, fall to her legs, which is tightly wrapped around the shawl. In the unmoving lightness of the posture, the thoughtfully bowed head and the clear, trusting look, the feral-looking, beautiful brown eyes suggest frankness, gentleness and kindness.
For Gerard. Like, however, rich people who treasured the ideals of ancient beauty, Madame Recamier was inspired by femininity. It is cloth that enhances the blinding whiteness of the skin and the fresh color of its appearance, and it is strictly brushed in the Greek style. The variety of embellishments testified to the refined taste and warmth of simplicity. They inherited it, they copied it, they admired it, they loved it.

Eulalie Morin - Portrait of Madame Recamier

Firmin Massot. Madame Recamier. 1807


Gerard often visited Juliette's bedchamber and made a bunch of portrait drawings from her, before and after the creation of the great man-child portrait, which echoed the burial of old Goethe.
Francois Gérard (François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard, 4 May 1770-1837) - French historian and artist) was the most famous secular portrait painter. I was called by Napoleon, Empress Josephine, the emperor's relatives, courtiers, ministers and generals. Gerard's pen contains a whole gallery of portraits of famous people of France. But the greatest success among them was the portrait of Madame Rekam, which defined a secular ideal. Many artists of that time began to inherit the romantic manner, in every type of writing.

Josephine de Beauharnais (French Joséphine de Beauharnais, nee Marie Rose Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie (French Marie Rose Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie); 23 June 1763, Troise-Islet, Martinique - 29 May 1814, Malmaison) - empress 1804 – 1809 rocks, the first squad of Napoleon I.
Francois Gerard. Empress Josephine. 1801 river

Francois Gerard. Napoleon Ier en costume du Sacre. 1805. Oliya, canvas. Musée du Château de Versailles


Gerard was a teacher of the great David, only through his creativity did someone else’s proud pathos of enormity appear, powerful to the mystique of the teacher. David created works that stirred the hearts and minds of his people before and during the hour of the Great French Revolution. The prize of freedom, huge masculinity, patriotism. Gerard's paintings are small and delicate, their shapes and lines bring even more aesthetic satisfaction. Just as David's works were imbued with heroism, Gerard's paintings were imbued with thoughtless lightness and hedonism. Those who affirm that they strive to become content in life.

Jacques Louis David, "Portrait of Madame Recam'e", 1800, Louvre, Paris.



Juliette was a native of Lyon, before the speech, she, in addition to the above, had three more names - Jeanne, Adelaide, Francoise. She was born into the family of a notary, who took over a new estate and moved to Paris in 1786.
The girl was not yet sixteen when she was married to the banker Rekam, who was the eldest of the bride by twenty-six years. The man spent his luxury by purchasing the mansion of the great royal minister of finance, Necker, on the Rue Mont-Blanc. As they say, the banker Rekamie, living before his young squad, felt like a father, vikorist’s secular success in support of prestige and business connections. Reputation and behavior of Madame Recommend to aphids to finish the lightly important issues of this era were unknown. Their unforeseen relationships with a man known to be rich gave them their own special feelings and increased interests in their lives.
Accept that the Rivers are governed by the most famous people, not only in France, but throughout Europe. She was always sharpened by the tide of rogues and rogues, which, according to the words of Saint-Biove - a critic and a writer - even masterfully dared to recreate on her own friends. True, not all of them. Napoleon, who rejected Vidmova’s decision to become a court lady of his court and “the emperor’s girlfriend,” forever hid the image. And when in 1806 the bank of Rekame became aware of its collapse. Napoleon completely did not allow him to escape from the ruins. Moreover, having driven Juliette herself out of Paris through a number of fates.

Napoleon I Bonaparte (Italian Napoleone Buonaparte, French Napoleon Bonaparte, September 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica - March 5, 1821, Longwood, Saint Helena) - Emperor of the French in 1804-1815, French commander and French powers which powers.
Painting by Andrea Appiani


Having learned about the man's misfortune, she began to quickly collect all her valuables, so that by selling them, she would turn the man's pennies, and she herself again deprived the luxurious mansion on the rue Mont Blanc. The generosity and nobility of this woman impressed everyone who knew her. Out of a feeling of friendship, for example, she became attached to the oppositionist group of the re-examined writings of Germaine de Stael.
Anne-Louise Germaine de Staël (Baroness de Staël-Holstein; fr. Anne-Louise Germaine baronne de Staël-Holstein), known simply as Madame de Staël (fr. Madame de Staël, 1766-1817) - famous French writer, daughter of a prominent sovereign diplomat Jacques Necker
V. Borovikovsky. Portrait of Louise Germaine de Stael 1812r, canvas, oil, 88.2 x 68 cm. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow


Unsatisfied with the emperor’s dissatisfaction, she continued to accept people from various political backgrounds – republicans, royalists, Bonapartists. When Napoleon was once informed that three of his ministers were at an evening with Madame Recamie, he was very respectful: “I didn’t admit that a number of ministers were now sitting in Madame Recamie’s booth.”

For just two days in life, she was beautiful and the proud woman felt more strongly than the friendliness. The first person who, in her words, “disturbed the beating of her heart,” who recognized the status of his retinue, was Prince Augustus (1779-1843). It seemed so strong that Juliette wrote to the people before Paris, begging them for separation. We recommend that you protect yourself with a humble leaf, a sun that gives you a good harvest, and that you should not forget that you are in ruins and old... After many months of painful internal struggle, Juliette saw the prince, To soothe the pain, I sent him a portrait of myself as a gift. Gerard's brushes. After the death of the prince, this portrait, according to his commandment, was turned to Madame Rekam.

Prince Augustus of Prussia covered his ceremonial portrait (1817) on the background of the portrait of Madame Recamée penzle by F. Gerard (author: Franz Krüger; 1797–1857)


In 1811, Madame Recamier, as one would guess, lived in Lyon from Paris.
Turning back through several rocks to the capital, she settles in the so-called Forest Abbey, which is on the outskirts of the place. And from here all the talented Paris is visible.
On one evening in 1817, the famous writer Rene Chateaubriand appeared. From that hour, Chateaubriand lost his best friend, Madame Rekam. Thirty years later, the place was shaking, as today, about the third year of the afternoon of paralysis, Chateaubriand was ordered to carry himself in a palanquin to his wife, without which he could not live a day. I was once again greeted by the friendly, loving and generous Madame Rekam, who at that time had gone completely blind. However, now the top of her music was roaring in her bedroom. As Sainte-Beuve writes, one of the regulars in her everyday life, “Madame Recam’s salon was the center and the middle of literature... There was no talent, honesty, self-righteousness, as if she had not been excited, had not dared to show herself... I feel, how people nourished, Madame Rekam's wisdom was reasonable. It seems to me that she led the high world not with the kind of intelligence that vibrates on its own, but with the one that stirs up fires and destroys the especially brilliant minds of others. Vaughn listened enchantingly, not missing anything that was most valuable. The unique and characteristic rice of Madame Rekam was intended to infuse food... to everyone who drank and drank with it...”

François René de Chateaubriand (French François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand; 4 spring 1768, Saint-Malo - 4 spring 1848, Paris) - French writer and diplomat, one of the founders of romanticism in French literature.

Charles Augustin de Sainte-Beuve (French Charles Augustin de Sainte-Beuve; 23rd birthday 1804 (18041223), Boulogne-sur-Mer - 13th birthday 1869, Paris) - French literary scholar and literary critic, noted for literary romanticism, creator of the literary method , which is the name given to “biographical” (author: Bertall, French; Paris, France 1820 - 1882 Soyons, France)


Juliette Recam'e died on May 5, 1849 from cholera, which survived Chateaubriand's entire life. According to the commandment, part of this modest lane was given to the city of Lyon.
Looking at all the images of Madame Rekam, including the sculptures, it seemed to me that all the painters and sculptors, creating the image of a charming woman, failed to fully reveal the essence of the extraordinary charm and specialness i.
Madame Rekamie took away the mystery of this charm.
Article by Aunt Sedova

Joseph Chinard. Madame Recamier (bust).

Jacques Louis David is one of the most famous French artists of the first half of the 19th century, a talent that was probably appreciated by Napoleon himself. And it’s not surprising. David’s most famous paintings are dedicated to Bonaparte: “Pooled on the Arcole Bridge”, “Napoleon at his Bureau”, “Napoleon crossing the Saint-Bernard Gorge”, “Coronation of Josephine”, “Consecration of Napoleon I as Emperor”... And undeniably, rose kvit of his fame, having become a court artist, David creates a portrait of a woman who is by no means of royal blood and that it belongs to Napoleon’s favorites, who suddenly... And the charm of the table is great, so Napoleon’s court artist, without standing up against it, would paint and a portrait of a woman who has left French history has been an irreconcilable opponent of Bonaparte's policies. Madame RECAM, a woman, was not afraid to stand in opposition to the great Napoleon.

In principle, their lives can be traced back to the evolution of an even more complex and extraordinary period in the history of France. Vaughn was born in 1777, in the era of absolutism. Her childhood and youth were marked by the catastrophe of the French monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution of 1789. In her youth, she was clearly impressed by the ideas of the great revolution and the beginning of a stage that has advanced in world history, as the Consulate is associated with the gifts of Napoleon, who voted himself Emperor of France. And this is only through a number of fates after the victory of the bourgeois revolution! And, they say, in the future, they celebrated the defeat of the great Corsican and the era of the Restoration of the French monarchy in 1816. How many political revolutions and reversals have occurred in twenty-five years! And she lost herself as a proper aristocrat, both for her social activities and for her living principles in the positive meaning of the word.

Madame Recam's life had a lot of mystery, which earned the respect of writers, historians, artists, and political figures. The first mystery became the same. She was only fifteen when she married Jacques Recamp, a wealthy banker who was 27 years older than her. Romantic-minded writers respect that this was their father, who, 27 years ago, fell into the enchantment of Madame Bernard - Julie's mother, and in 1777 from his marriage a miracle girl was born, who fell asleep before her mother. I have a garnish taste, and my father has a mind , and in the first half of the 19th century she became one of the most charming wives of France. Before the speech, the fortune-telling, the father and the father, whose name was officially in decline, were good friends. History in a modern French way. What is true here and what is not, it is important to say. Mr. Rekam did not dare to do this all year, but uncontrollably, in 1793, at the outbreak of political upheavals in France, the hand and heart of the young Julie Adelaide Bernard...

Historians are skeptical about explaining this idea from a different, more pragmatic point of view - the fear of the confiscation of the mainland by the new republican order that came to power after the Revolution of 1789. The successful and well-known banker Rekam had to spend a lot, and the fictitious scheme allowed him to transfer everything he had in the name of his young friend and grown-up daughter, who was not even thicker than him. The grievances of this family have happened today. Mr. Rekam was not in awe, and Madame Bernard was glad that she was cheering her daughter in the distance, not even extinguishing respect for her utmost sensitivity. She was a woman of character and her big thoughts didn’t really matter. The same historians confirm that in that difficult era such fictitious loves were not uncommon. It’s not surprising, but all revolutions are alike. Behind the noble words of Freedom, Jealousy and Fraternity, there were less beautiful phenomena: terror, confiscation and nationalization.

Immediately after the fun, another riddle of Madame Recamier appears, which intrigued everyone and became the talk of the town - intimate life “keeps you young.” The same skeptical historians, this time, are more sympathetic to Madame Rekam. The stench confirms that the old man never bothered with his young friends, giving her the freedom that she wanted to achieve reasonably. Having taken away the man's warm booth in Paris from gifts, she organized her own salon, which became the most popular literary and political salon in France for several decades.

Its charm adds richness. She has friends, among whom the famous Madame de Stael, a French writer from the beginning of the 19th century, gained particular respect. She is 32 years old, eleven years older than Julie, and this is the beginning of a twenty-year friendship between the two women. Another secret place for gossip lovers. How can we establish a true friendship that is important to the attraction of men between two women?

And this mysterious family development intrigues people, including numerous rogues, among them one of Napoleon’s brothers, Lucien Bonaparte, who in 1799 begins to closely observe Julie. However, he is deprived of his name, both to the respect of a high-ranking rogue, and to the name of Bonaparte, who play an increasingly important role in the life of France. She appears to be in the role of a court lady, assigned to her by Napoleon, and is looking to attend a ball organized by her squad, the beautiful Josephine, the future Empress of France. Surprisingly, Madame Rekam will unite people who are opposed to the new government policy. In 1802, he went on a trip to England - Bonaparte's irreconcilable superintendent, showing them his dislike of the policies of the new order, and turning around, opening his salon, which gradually transformed into oppositional adjustments to Napoleon's politics ny center. But she also attracts not only people who are not well-suited to the republican order and her own rogues.

Shinar. Bust of Madame Recam'e

Its beauty, coupled with its breadth and intelligence, has inspired artists. The great David was the first. His most famous “Portrait of Madame Recame” is currently in the Louvre. Later, she breathed another great artist - François Gerard, and then the sculptor, M. Shinar, who created the miracle breast of Madame Rekam. How much did they enjoy with her, but what? Another woman's mystery, which they couldn't figure out!

In a word, without any special fuss, she shook Paris and talked about herself, although now they were no longer tied to strangers. Most of the time they talked about her salon, where she celebrated the magnificent holy day, asked celebrities who sensed nostalgia for the old hour. There was often a lot of criticism here about the former republicans, who were gradually turning into henchmen of the monarchy.

І The Emperor showed his dissatisfaction at all times. In 1803, he issued an order to close the salon, in 1805 he swallowed the pink jar of Mr. Recamier, and in 1807 he hung from the edge Julie’s closest friend - Madame de Stael - so a long-time opponent of Napoleon’s policies. It appears that the great Napoleon fought only on the field...

This is the most important period in the life of Madame Rekam. The man between the ruins, in 1806, the closest person to the road dies - his mother, everyone is convinced of his hiding place. Vaughn rushes between the old man and Madame de Stael, losing her faith at the fate of her expulsion, which led to the fact that in 1811 Julie was also expelled from Paris. But she belonged to this category of women who were not afraid of the province where she had the opportunity to carry out a number of fatalities. This little house and here, having attracted people to itself, regardless of the age and formation. Among these rogues were young people, won by their intelligence and kindness, among whom appeared the son of Madame de Stael, who, having become his mother’s friend, was richly older than himself. Ale Madame Rekam calmly interacts with people, keeping them at a distance and at the same time not getting any further from them. This was the line that had never been crossed, between the strong-willed mothers of true friends and the unsettled mischief-makers. Among such people, for example, appeared the Prussian Prince Augustus. This was the first person in her life who made her think about love, romance and passion. Vaughn began to cry so seriously that she asked for separation from the man, but then she herself saw him. There’s no way to throw away an old man (what’s a dad?), who was also ruined either through her fault or through other circumstances, and I don’t want to be just a bastard of a person who adores her. A destructive exchange begins between Madame Rekam and Prince Augustus, now with reassuring “so”, now with doubtful “no” and, finally, through a number of fates, she gives her decision to Vidmov.

The girl is already thirty. After Napoleon's defeat in the Russian campaign of 1812 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Emperor lived exiled on the island of Saint Helena, and the Restoration period began in France. Finding Madame Recam'e can easily turn back to Paris, where the doors of the famous salon will again appear.

J.L. David

Vaughn no longer cares about a special life and, perhaps, in order to replenish the empty emotion in her soul and heart, she takes in her husband’s young niece, who replaced her daughter, family, and later and a friend after the death of Madame de Stael in 1817 .

And finally, another person appears in this salon - the famous French singer and writer, who, however, achieved success in both the literary and political fields, Francois René de Chateaubriand. The one who is immediately called the founder of modern French literature - Standal, Balzac and Zola came after him.

And Julie, who had just turned 40, suddenly forgot about her principle, which helped her to survive her hundred years with men. Vaughn began to squirm, she was prejudiced for a long time. There was a spiritual revival of Madame Rekam’et and her salon, but suddenly she was reduced to emotional “slavery” by her husband. Inspired by Chateaubriand, this salon was transformed from a political one into an intellectual and artistic center of France of that period, which included the most prominent features of that era: the great French teachings of Andre-Marie Ampère, Eugenie de Beauharnais - daughter of Josephine, Napoleon's first squad, Sir Bern, future king of Sweden, scribes Prosper Marime and Sainte-Beuve. She is friends with Honore de Balzac and Victor Hugo, she is associated with the richness of the relishes of Musset and Stendhal, the artists of J-L are intoxicated with her. David and Eugene Delacroix and many, many others. This is the color of French mysticism and science, names that have passed down to secular culture - and Madame Recamie decided to unite them all.

It becomes a symbol that has a good taste and illumination, it turns into a “mirror” on a European scale, it is talked about in Russia and England, in Italy and Germany. Well, Chateaubriand is panting in her heart. At that time, he had already become disillusioned with politics, having soon made friends and written a number of philosophical treatises. And after all these turbulences, we know that Madame Rekam’s marriage is calm. Having lost interest in politics, she devotes her life to literature and Julie becomes his muse, which has been deprived of his responsibility over the next twenty years, continuing to love him and not expecting anything. This seemed to bring her the joy of novelty.

Vaughn did not write novels and did not create paintings, but she had an amazing talent for attracting extraordinary individuals to herself, highlighting their talent, helping and encouraging them. It’s not for everyone, and portraits of people who aren’t for everyone are at the Louvre, the most famous museum in the world!

Natalia Strongina

The popularity of the make-up salon is due to the pose of France. The people could not live peacefully without her, and in the lava of the passionate mischief-makers were the nobles, the rich, and those so young that the difference in age with the enchantress was striking. Gentle, sensitive, adding, with which she was respected by one of the most important enemies of Napoleon... For us, her name is forever connected with the ornate woman’s couch, on which she was depicted by many artists of that time .

Juliette Bernard was born in 1777 in Lyon (France) to a notary public. Historians are still lost in guessing whether Maître Bernard was the girl’s father: Julie did not reach sixteen years of age, as they hastily married a friend of the family banker Rekam. The love turned out to be fictitious - there were no sexual encounters between friends over the years, so the young squad took away freedom of action from their friend and a luxurious mansion in Paris. They said that the girl married a real father, who in this way tried to steal his child from a watch that was important for France. There is also an assumption that Rekam was not fighting a girl, but a power that could be confiscated by the new government. The fathers greeted their daughter with satisfaction, having provided her with a rich future.

About an hour after the party, Julie Recam'e opened the salon, which was initially sensitive, and then accepted, and therefore the gentlemen gradually gained immense popularity. Political figures and people of mysticism regularly gathered here.

The lady of the salon asked for a contribution. As a rule, she lay on a couch with curved backs, like a Greek klismos. (Before speaking, such a bed was later called in honor of Julie - “Madame Recam’s couch”). Kitty sweetness and grace, which gives rise to strength and energy. A soft, sizzling look. This was the kind of person her mentors considered, and this incomparable Madame Julie was respected for being the best person to photograph on the canvases of many artists.

A large number of rogues, including high-ranking ones (among them Lucien Bonaparte and the Prussian Prince Augustus), were invariably taken into account by the Rekam. She decided to listen, to listen, to give pleasure to listen, to work, to engender faith in herself. The leather salon, having seen its salon, amazingly realized the need to create and do things.

This ambiguity attracted people with incredible force: a childish face and a miraculous sensitive body, reasonable spirit and childish gaiety, gentleness and rebellion. There was such a picture: sometimes it became quiet and humble, sometimes it became untidy and biased.

However, Julie did not allow herself to be overpowered and rarely gave the upper hand to anyone, treating the pranksters as if they were loyal friends. She didn’t really understand, but in front of whom she told the singer to stand up.

However, the people at Rekam’s booths were attracted not only by the charm of the gentlemen. Julie has little fame as an inveterate oppositionist. At the right moment, Madame Rekam Navit proudly admired the courtier's attractive position, which the emperor had preached to her. Luxurious receptions that were meant to be controlled were ignored by her. And in Madame Julie’s salon all sorts of anti-Napoleonic sentiments were heard.

In 1803, the emperor decided to put up with the rebel, who was gaining more and more popularity. Vin ordered to close the famous salon. In 1805, the Rekam Bank settled on the borders of the ruins, again not without Bonaparte’s hand. In 1811, Julie was exiled from Paris.

True, this was not the case for the energetic lady of the punishment. Madame Rekam had a wonderful life in the province. In the past, this garden, like the salon in the past, was famous for its hospitality and a large number of noble guests. The brightest minds and the most brilliant talents spent an hour with joy at Julie's bedside. And, understandably, the mistress herself was undeniably recognized by the beauty of this marriage.

More than 40 people have enjoyed their great happiness and good fortune. Napoleon stayed with her for an hour and was already driven out. Julie turned back to Paris long ago and opened the salon again. The first axis of famous guests became a frequent guest of Vin. François Chateaubriand - the writer sings. This romance continued until the death of Madame Rekam, who met on May 11, 1849 in Paris.

P.S. Unfortunately, before her death, Julie ordered her memoirs, which she wrote throughout her life, to be poor. Alas, a special correspondence was lost, uncorrected, because of their companions, the masterpieces of the famous David, François Gerard, Dejunnet, Shinard, Maureen and many others, for whose creations mysticism became the muse of Madame Recamie.

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"Portrait of Madame Rekam"- a painting by the French artist Jacques Louis David, written by him at Rotsi.

The owner of the brilliant Parisian salon, Julie Rekam, painted her portrait for David. Having taken up the work, I was once again satisfied with the minds from which I had the opportunity to write. In his words, sometimes the room was very dark, sometimes there was light coming out from such a high point. The work went so well that Madame Recame didn’t bother and encouraged François Gerard to finish the portrait. Out of anger, David prompted Gerard to accept the proposition, and when Julie Rekam once came to the Louvre to call David, she told her: “Wives have their own hairstyles, and artists have theirs. Allow me to satisfy my primha: I will take your portrait from your current camp.” David has ruined everything in life. Not at all unimportant, but perhaps, and indeed, “Portrait of Madame Rekamie” in its soft yellow-blue color has a miraculous butt of David’s mastery.

“Portrait of Madame Rekam” is miraculous in the simplicity of its composition, just as David was so prized in Greek mysticism. Madame Rekam is depicted wearing barefoot shoes and a modest white cloth, the underwear of which falls onto the underwear. The hair is tied with a string, through which a bunch of curls fall onto the forehead. David portrayed Madame Recam in the pose of a gentle odalisque, but, unimportantly, she preserves the unoccupied purity of the vestal virgin. The counterpoint of horizontal and vertical lines creates a sinuous “arabesque” of the body on the ground, which vibrates, similar to the background of the painting “The Death of Marat”. The completed version of the painting, perhaps, would have been the fashionable speeches of that hour, through the rapt link of the work on the painting, it would be present without a candelabra, Viconian Engrom (French. Ingres), lava for nig that couch (fr. sofa), which is how Madame Rekam rests. This asceticism makes its external appearance appear even more wimpy. Julie Rekam was 23 years old when the work was pinned over the painting.

The portrait of the former additions from the master of David in his mouth is now in the 75th room on the 1st side of the Denon gallery at the Louvre. Code: INV. 3708.

• The type of couch where Madame Recamier lay, after the painting became known as it.

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• “Portrait of Madame Rekam” at the Louvre database (French)