Madame de Pompadour was a power to be reckoned with during the reign of her lover, the French king Louis XV. Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, she rose through the proverbial ranks at the court of ...
If you want to contemplate love (and who wouldn't?), 18th-century France isn't a bad place to start. That may be why so many people were crowding around the paintings of "La volupte du gout: French ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Boucher's "Madame de Pompadour at her Dressing Table" (1758) shows a woman who treats her face like a canvas, and also emphasizes the private locus of her power: courtiers seeking favor or offices ...
Dancing cupids, breathtaking landscapes, brawny laundrywomen, Europa's dramatic abduction and the gods of the arts urging to save the life of a dying patroness. Such is the staggering, far out ...
Madame de Pompadour: Images of a Mistress National Gallery, London WC2, until 12 January The Art of Love: Madame de Pompadour Wallace Collection, London W1, until 5 January When Madame de Pompadour ...
This summer, Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is celebrating a historic reconciliation. The focus is a new picture, indistinguishable from François Boucher’s sumptuous 1756 portrait of Madame de ...
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