If you haven’t already, check out the Napoleon post from yesterday as well as the full Napoleon & Josephine history & recreations video on YouTube. Despite having many portraits created, Josephine’s appearance is a bit mysterious. Each portrait of her looks just slightly different. They all show a woman with delicate features – deepset eyes with visible lids, a long and sharp nose, and a small mouth with a pointed chin.  For my recreation, I used this version of her by Robert Lefevre, painted in 1805. For some reason this one looks the most real and natural to me, kind of finding a medium spot between varying depictions of her features.