Today marks the 230th natal day of one of France ’s most famous socialite , Juliette RÃ © camier . marry at age 15 , Juliette was an established appendage of upper - category Parisian gild by the time she commissioned Jacques - Louis David to paint her portraiture in 1800 , at age 23 . Both Juliette and Jacques - Louis led interesting , and influential , survive during the 18th and nineteenth centuries .
1 . When Juliette , at the young geezerhood of 15 , matrimonial Jacques RÃ © camier , a man 30 long time her senior , rumors quickly circulated . The most interesting : RÃ © camier was in reality Juliette ’s instinctive founder , who married her to make her his successor .
2 . Jacques - Louis David was bring up by designer uncles who , along with his mother , want Jacques - Louis to also become an architect . Jacques - Louis , however , want to be a catamount , and afterwards stated , " I was always hiding behind the teacher ’s chairman , take out for the length of the form . "
3 . Between 1770 and 1774 , Jacques - Louis David attempted each year to win the Prix de Rome , an prowess scholarship to the French Academy in Rome . Each year , he mislay ; he once attempted to starve himself to death in protest of the determination . eventually , in 1774 , he win .
4 . Juliette grew frustrated that Jacques - Louis worked slowly and want to rework her portrait , so she commission one of his school-age child to paint her portrayal alternatively . Jacques - Louis then order her , " Women have their whims , and so do artists ; allow me to satisfy mine by keeping this portrait . " The portrayal was never finish .
5 . Despite its unfinished nature , the portrait and its bailiwick influence French style : the case of sofa on which Juliette reclines in the portrait became known as a rà © camier , after Juliette , and the European manner for Grecian attire was sparkle in part by Juliette ’s dress in the portrait .
6 . Both Juliette RÃ © camier and Jacques - Louis David were deport from Paris , though not at the same time . Juliette went first to Lyon , her birthplace , and then on to Rome and Naples . Jacques - Louis was come to by a carriage and died shortly after of deformation to the heart in 1825 . Despite his kin ’s plea , his body was not give up to return to France for inhumation , so he was inhume in Brussels instead . His substance , however , was buried in Paris .
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