Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher · 1759
The story
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour is a 1759 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Rococo artist François Boucher, now in the Wallace Collection in London. It was the last of a series of seven portraits by the artist of Madame de Pompadour. It was first exhibited at the Château de Versailles before passing to the subject's brother.
- Artist
- François Boucher
- Date
- 1759
- Collection
- Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 91 × 68 cm
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