Women in Fashion History: Madame de Pompadour, the Queen Mistress and Femme Savante
Published 19 days ago
The marquise, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764), born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, was more than a brief love interest for the Doctor in this rather reknown show, “Doctor Who;” she was a significant figure in the fashion hub that was eighteenth-century France. Her Munich Portrait (1756), in partciular, was a statement of her power as a maîtresse-en-titre (royal mistress) to Louis XV (1710-1774), and representative of her vivacious...
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