Madame de Pompadoure en bergère

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour
(29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764, was a member of the French court
and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.

She took charge of the king’s schedule and was a valued aide and advisor,
despite her frail health and many political enemies.
She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives,
and built a network of clients and supporters.
She was particularly careful not to alienate the Queen, Marie Leszczynska.
She was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts such as porcelain.
She was a patron of the philosophes of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire.
Hostile critics at the time generally tarred her as a malevolent political influence,
but historians are more favourable,
emphasizing her successes as a patron of the arts and a champion of French pride.

watercolor painting on a sheet of ivory
frame: ivory covered
brass ring
convex glass
simple suspension triangle
backside: (handwritten in pencil):
La Pompadoure en berger....
ivoire
dimensions: 117 x 117 mm
thickness: 10 mm
inner dimension ring: 56 mm





stock number 743