PAINTING: Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704 - 1778)


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KEY: LA 1

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
A pastel

PLACING:
Saint-Quentin, musée Antoine Lécuyer

PERIOD:
1752

DIMENSIONS:
cm 32 x 24

NOTES:
It is a preparatory drawing for the painting of 1754.

KEY: LA 2

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
A pastel

PLACING:
Saint-Quentin, musée Antoine Lécuyer

PERIOD:
1752

DIMENSIONS:
cm 32 x 24

NOTES:
It is a preparatory drawing for the painting of 1754.

KEY: LA 3

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
A pastel

PLACING:
Saint-Quentin, musée Antoine Lécuyer

PERIOD:
1752

DIMENSIONS:
cm 32 x 24

NOTES:
It is a preparatory drawing for the painting of 1754.

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KEY: LA 4

TITLE:
Ritratto di Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
A pastel

PLACING:
Paris, The Louvre Museum

PERIOD:
1754

DIMENSIONS:
cm. 175 x 128

NOTES:
This is one of the most famous portraits of the Marchioness along with the one painted by Boucher, placed at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. It is considered a masterpiece of the pastel technique.

There is a copy of the painting (an oil on canvas), which belongs to the Baron De Steuben.

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KEY: LA 5

TITLE:
Madame Pompadour as a shepherdess

DESCRIPTION:

PLACING:

PERIOD:

DIMENSIONS:
cm

NOTES:

 

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