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François BOUCHER
Madame de Pompadour
1754
Medium
pastel over sanguine and light grey-blue washes
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1965
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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
l.l.:
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
Reproduction requests
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.
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