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Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame

Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame






Date : between 1763 and 1764

Sizes : 1.57 m x 2.17 m
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : (1977)
National Gallery
France 1700-1800
Main Building
First Floor - Section 33
Item 9 on 24
French Painting
Painting

Area related
France

Description   

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (1721-1764) was made the marquise de Pompadour soon after becoming mistress to Louis XV in 1745. She is shown working at a tambour frame. One of her pet dogs is beside her. The marquise's head was painted in April 1763 and the painting finished in May 1764, a month after her death.

Signed and dated on the work-table to the right: Peint par Drouais le fils/la tête en avril 1763: et le/tableau fini en mai 1764 [Painted by Drouais/ the head in April 1763 and the/painting finished in May 1764].

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