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Madame de Pompadour

François Boucher (1703–1770)

The Wallace Collection

Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour

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After her relationship with Louis XV became platonic in about 1750, Madame de Pompadour commissioned a series of works of art with friendship and fidelity as their central theme. The Wallace Collection’s portrait, probably the last Boucher painted of his patron, evokes these ideals by its inclusion of the sculpture of Friendship consoling Love (recalling Pigalle) and in the presence of Madame de Pompadour’s pet spaniel, Inès.

The Wallace Collection

London

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Title

Madame de Pompadour

Date

1759

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91 x W 68 cm

Accession number

P418

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1869; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

François Boucher

1703–1770

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