Madame de Pompadour
1756
François Boucher captured the ultimate power player of 18th-century France in this lavish portrait of Madame de Pompadour, the chief mistress of King Louis XV. Dressed in a spectacular sea-green gown overflowing with pink ribbons and roses, she looks every bit the Rococo icon, yet the scattered books and writing quill hint at her sharp intellect and role as a major patron of the arts. Even her little spaniel looks attentive as she pauses from her reading, surrounded by the opulent drapery and gilded clocks that defined her luxurious world.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Wallace Collection, London
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