PAINTING: François Hubert Drouais



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KEY: D 1

TITLE:
Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
Musée des Beaux arts, Orlèans.

PERIOD:

DIMENSIONS:
(Vertical oval)

NOTES:
It is a preparatory painting from the school of Drouais.


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KEY: D 2

TITLE:
Ritratto di Madame de Pompadour

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
London, National Gallery

PERIOD:
1763

DIMENSIONS:

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KEY: D 3

TITLE:
Madame Pompadour as a vestal

DESCRIPTION:

PLACING:
Montrèal, Musée David M. Stewart

PERIOD:
1763 circa

DIMENSIONS:

NOTES:
Madame de Pompadour is pictured as a vestal that attends the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta.

Her hands are holding one of the books from her collection, “Histoire secréte des vestales”, which was seen for the first time by Guillaume Cavelier in 1700.


KEY: D 4

TITLE:
The portrait of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, the Marchioness of Pompadour.

DESCRIPTION:
Oil on canvas

PLACING:
Chantilly, musée Condé

PERIOD:

DIMENSIONS:
(Vertical oval)

NOTES:
It is one of the various portraits from the school of Drouais.

 

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