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Madame de Pompadour

(1721–1764)

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
Marquise de Pompadour
Duchesse de Menars

Madame de Pompadour in Art:

Boucher, François (1703-1770)
Pompadour à sa toilette
1750
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

 

 

Boucher, François (1703-1770)
Portrait de Madame de Pompadour
1756
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

 

 

Boucher, François (1703-1770)
Madame de Pompadour
1759
Wallace Collection, London

 

 

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806)
Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour
1753
National Gallery, London

 

 

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920)
Madam Pompadour
1915
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

 

 

Works commissioned by her:

Boucher, François (1703-1770)
La Toilette de Vénus
1751
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

 

Boucher, François (1703-1770)
Le Bain de Vénus
1751
National Gallery of Art, Washington

 

Born December 29 1721 Paris (France)
Died April 15 1764 Versailles (France)
Cause of death Tuberculosis
Lover (1745-1751) Louis XV (France)
Occupation Art patron

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