Portrait of Josephine (1800)

Here is Pierre-Paul Prud'hon's Portrait of Josephine de Beauharnais. 

Prud'hon (1758-1823) is variously described as a Romantic and Neoclassic painter; he was much taken with figure drawing, and some of these will later be featured. 

This was not Prud'hon's only painting of Josephine. At the time of this painting, she was not yet Empress Josephine. A later painting by Prud'hon of Empress Josephine is much better known than this one.

About the tumultuous life of Josephine much has been written. Some good synopses are here and here; those desiring a more leisurely treatment may want to read Sandra Gulland's trilogy about her, beginning with The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (I can attest that these books are all good, if you like historical fiction.)