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Madame de Pompadour. (Report from Europe).
The birth of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson in 1721 was unremarkable. She was the daughter of an official linked to Paris financiers and was educated in a convent away from the capital. At the age of twenty she married the nephew of her mother's lover, and four years later, in February 1745, she met Louis XV at a masked ball at Versailles. Within four months the king made her marquise de Pompadour and pensioned her husband off to farm in the country. By the end of the year she moved into apartments at Versailles.
For the next nineteen years, until her death in 1764, Madame de Pompadour was the kings mistress, confidante, and adviser. Her cole at court cannot be underestimated: even though the sexual aspect of their relationship ended after about five years, she continued to live at court and exert considerable influence on the king and therefore on the French government. She came to love the luxuries that she could command, and she filled her many residences with the best possible furniture and furnishings.
Two exhibitions currently on view in London are devoted to Madame de Pompadour. The first, on view at ...
- The marquise de Pompadour visits London.(National Gallery exhibition 'Mme de...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Bruce, Donald January 1, 2003 700+ words
...this occasion, since the Wallace Collection has mounted a small parallel...The Art of Love: Madame de Pompadour. The Wallace Collection provides the grandest introduction to Mine la marquise de Pompadour: the pair of huge pictures...
- Artful Adultery.(Madame de Pompadour)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Pepper, Tara November 11, 2002 700+ words
...cartoonists lampooned Madame de Pompadour mercilessly; one showed...out an answer. "Madame de Pompadour: Images of a Mistress...through Jan. 12) and the Wallace Collection's "The Art of Love: Madame de Pompadour" (through Jan. 5...
- Art Lover.(Madame de Pompadour)
- Magazine article from: WWD Harris, Sarah December 27, 2002 700+ words
...celebrating Madame de Pompadour, the mistress and...first show, "Madame de Pompadour: Images of a Mistress...is showing at The Wallace Collection in London and includes...Gallery show explores how de Pompadour used the arts - and...
- Dynamic ceramic; Sevres, adored by Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour,...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 14, 2006 700+ words
...designs at the Wallace Collection, which, according...mistress, Madame de Pompadour, lived near the...admission free. The Wallace Collection, Hertford House...runs between the Wallace Collection and the fair...
- Middle class mademoiselle with big ideas; Madame de Pompadour, Sex, Culture and...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) February 10, 2001 700+ words
...Thomas Carlyle who said of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, that...famous one by Boucher now held at the Wallace Collection in London. Then again, there is...Pompadour by Boucher now held at the Wallace Collection
- Adoring Pompadour: Madame de Pompadour, mistress to Louis XV and style arbiter...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Rafferty, Jean Bond March 1, 2009 700+ words
...BEAUTIFUL, bright and refined, Madame de Pompadour (1721-64) was wonderfully accomplished...French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour" (February 7-May 17), on view...But it is also a discovery of Madame de Pompadour's intellectual patronage and influence...
- How did the most famous mistress in history become a feminist icon?; Louis XV's...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Corrigan, Sue August 25, 2002 700+ words
...beautiful, charming and accomplished Madame de Pompadour - born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson...no longer slept together. But Madame de Pompadour remained at Louis's side for another...treated as decorative playthings, Madame de Pompadour took an active role in politics, using...
- Unchangingly good; Madame de Pompadour.(exhibit of 18th century French art...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 9, 2002 700+ words
An exhibition explores Madame de Pompadour's remarkable patronage of the arts Madame de Pompadour et les Arts is at the Musee des Chateaux...Antoinette Poisson, the future Madame de Pompadour. Not only was this pretty bourgeoise one...
