When did Francois Boucher paint Madame de Pompadour?
1751. Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and Boucher’s most significant patron from 1747 until her death in 1764. It originally decorated the bathing apartments (a luxurious suite of three rooms) in Pompadour’s Château de Bellevue.
How can I find out the provenance of a painting?
Useful to establishing provenance, or ‘history’ of an artwork include: the original bill of sales; correspondence about the piece; exhibition stickers attached to the frame; notes by the artist, sometimes found on the back of the work; statements from people who knew the artist or circumstances of the painting.
What did Francois Boucher paint in the Toilette of Venus?
Doves nestle at her feet. The principal figure, delicately painted and largely nude, is surrounded by swaths of pink, blue, and striped white gauze drapery which are carried over to the companion picture. The Toilette of Venus is the more famous work, less typical of the artist in its lavish, expensive neo-rococo taste.
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Who was the French painter of Belle Epoque?
Chaplin’s celebrated portraits of young Belle Epoque beauties are reminiscent of the 18th century romanticism of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) and François Boucher (1703–1770) and established him as one of the foremost French academic painters of the period.
Who is the artist of the painting Madeleine?
Ready to hang. This is a very large fine Victorian oil painting depicting a young society beauty at the turn of the 19th century by the eminent French Royal Academy and Paris Salon painter Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902). ‘Madeleine’ is signed by the artist, and also titled and dated 1901.
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Who was the artist who painted the elegant soiree?
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