Formerly considered a portrait of Mrs. Tallien by David, the portrait was identified in 1997 by Margaret A. Oppenheimer, based on stylistic grounds and two contemporary descriptions, to the <i>Portrait of Miss AP</i> exhibited by Adèle Romany at the Salon of 1806 (no 457). The false signature L.DAVID FECIT ANNO 1817 was added a long time later to increase the value of the work.
The Musée de la Chartreuse Chartreuse museum endorses these new identification and attribution.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ad%C3%A8le_Romany" class="extiw" title="w:en:Adèle Romany"><span title="French painter">Adèle Romany</span></a>
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1806<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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