APHOTEOSIS



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The arts beg not to cut the thread of the life of Madame de Pompadour (1764, Pittsburgh, the Frick Art Museum).

Author: Carle Van Loo


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An allegorical printing about the convalescence of Madame Pompadour (1764)


Author: C.N.Cochin


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The Vendome Square, in the background we can see the convent where Madame Pompadour has been buried.

The convent has been destroyed in 1804 in order to build Rue de la Paix.


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The convent of the Capuchins.


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The places as they look like today at 4, Rue de la Paix, where the convent of the Capuchins was located. Who knows wether Madame de Pompadour’s mortal remains were really moved to the catacombs or they are still under those glasses...


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The church in Versailles where the homage to Madame Pompadour took place.

 

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