Madame de Pompadour
1754

François BOUCHER

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

pastel over sanguine and light grey-blue washes

Measurements

36.5 × 28.1 cm (sheet)

Inscription

inscribed in black chalk F. Boucher / 1754

Accession Number

1482-5

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1965
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Portraits

Subjects (specific)

busts (general, figures) nobles (aristocrats) palettes (painting equipment) patrons (philanthropists) Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de putti (children) women (female humans) wreaths (visual works)

Physical description

A portrait bust of Madame de Pompadour in a rose garland with three putti and the attributes of the arts below.

Madame de Pompadour 1754 François BOUCHER

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Madame de Pompadour
1754

François BOUCHER