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We’ve asked members of the Getty community to share short, personal reflections on works of art they’re thinking about right now. These recordings feature stories related to our daily lives.

This week, educator Laura Gavilán Lewis considers what it means to be separated from her loved ones as she looks at a portrait of Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte. To learn more about this work, visit: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/802/.

Painting of two brown-haired girls sitting together on a couch in a side hug. The girl on the left wears blue. The one on the right wears a black dress and has her left arm outstretched holding a letter.

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte, 1821, Jacques-Louis David. Oil on canvas, 51 × 39 5/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 86.PA.740. Digital image courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program

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Listen to the full series of short reflections here.

JAMES CUNO: Hi, I’m Jim Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. We’ve asked members of the Getty community to share short, personal reflections on works of art they’re thinking about right now. This week Laura Gavilan Lewis discusses a portrait by Jacques-Louis David.
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