PAINTING: François Boucher (Parigi, 1703 - id., 1770) Section 1



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KEY: B 1

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
The Art Portland Museum, Portland, Oregon.

PERIOD:
1749-1750

DIMENSIONS:
cm 74,6 x 61 (Vertical oval)

NOTES:

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KEY: B 2

TITLE:
A portrait of Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

PERIOD:
1756

DIMENSIONS:
cm. 210 x 157

NOTES:
Esposto al Salone di Parigi nel 1757


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A detail of the portrait of Madame de Pompadour. (KEY: B 2)
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A few visitors look at the portrait of Madame de Pompadour at the Salon in Paris, 1757.
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Munich, the Pinakothek September 2001: looking at her portrait.

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KEY: B 3

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Olio su tela

PLACING:
Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland

PERIOD:
1757

DIMENSIONS:

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KEY: B 4

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
The Rothschild private collection

PERIOD:
1758

DIMENSIONS:
cm 215 x 156

NOTES:
It is the replica of the painting of 1756 (KEY: B2)

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KEY: B 5

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Art Museum Harvard University

PERIOD:
1758

DIMENSIONS:
cm 81 x 63

NOTES:
It is the replica of the painting of 1756 (KEY: B2)

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KEY: B 6

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
London, Victoria and Albert Museum

PERIOD:
1758

DIMENSIONS:
cm 72,3 x 57,1

NOTES:


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KEY: B 7

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
Paris, the Louvre Museum

PERIOD:
1759

DIMENSIONS:
cm 62x46

NOTES:
There is a sketch of the painting.


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KEY: B 7-A

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:

PLACING:
Rothschild Collection

PERIOD:
1750

DIMENSIONS:

NOTES:


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KEY: B 8

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
London, the Wallace Collection

PERIOD:
1759

DIMENSIONS:
cm 91x69

NOTES:
This portrait has been painted for the Bellevue Castle.
The sketch of the painting is at the British Museum.


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KEY: B 9

TITLE:
A portrait of Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:

PLACING:

PERIOD:

DIMENSIONS:
cm

NOTES:
The painting has been lost


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KEY: B 10

TITLE:
Venus comforts Love

DESCRIPTION:

PLACING:
New York, National Gallery of Art

PERIOD:
1751

DIMENSIONS:
cm 107 x .84.8

NOTES:
This painting was made for Versailles, and the Marchioness was asked by Boucher to sit for the face of the sensual Venus. Despite the work can’t be classified as a proper portrait of Madame de Pompadour, it is included among the collection of her portraits.



PAINTING: François Boucher (Parigi, 1703 - id., 1770) Section 1
 

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