Madame de Pompadour,

1756

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

205 x 161 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XII

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

HUW 18

Acquisition

Dauerleihgabe der HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit. - 1971 erworben durch die Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank.

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, 1756, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dj4mX97G5A (Last updated on 09.04.2024)

Madame de Pompadour was the official mistress of King Louis XV of France. She gained considerable influence and advised the king in political matters, too. François Boucher presents her in an elaborately embellished afternoon dress surrounded by books, correspondence, sheets of music and drawings as a beautiful and educated woman—just as the sitter herself, who commissioned the picture, wanted to be perceived. At the beginning of 1756 she was appointed lady-in-waiting to the queen and had, as such, a recognised position at court.