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Description: Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

TitleJeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

Creator nameBoucher, François

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1750

Creation date (description)with later additions

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions31 15/16 × 25 9/16 in. (81.2 × 64.9 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303561

Accession number1966.47

SubjectsPainting, French--18th centuryWomen--PortraitsPainting, RococoBeauty, Personal, in artCosmeticsCostume--History--18th centuryDressing tablesKings and rulers--Paramours

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1. The Fabric of Society: Fashion from 1750 to 1789

Aileen Ribeiro

The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France, 1750 to 1820

It can hardly be said that any sense of entente cordiale existed between England and France in the period covered by this book; even at times when there were no overt hostilities in Europe...

Author

Aileen Ribeiro

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.33-80

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00308.2

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22502&redirecttoanchor=59953

Chapter subject tags:Costume--History--18th centuryArt, RococoClothing and dress in artPortrait painting, FrenchPortrait painting, British

Prologue

Tamar Garb

The Painted Face: Portraits of Women in France, 1814–1914

~A SATIRICAL IMAGE PUBLISHED IN...

Author

Tamar Garb

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-17

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22344&redirecttoanchor=59953

Chapter subject tags:Women--PortraitsBeauty, PersonalFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)CosmeticsPortrait painting, French

4. The Eighteenth Century: The Politics of Art

Marcia B. Hall

The Power of Color: Five Centuries of European Painting

~~The eighteenth century sees the definitive politicization of art, which would ultimately come to play a role in the wrenching events of the French Revolution. Louis XIV’s takeover of the art establishment in the service of the state, beginning around 1660, laid the foundation for what followed. Crucial to Louis’s...

Author

Marcia B. Hall

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.145-185

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00228.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20828&redirecttoanchor=59953

Chapter subject tags:Painting--TechniqueArt--Political aspectsNeoclassicism (Art)--FrancePainting, French--18th centuryPainting, Rococo

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