Madame De Pompadour and the Court of Versailles
Private Images, Public Statements: Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Versailles Denise Kalolaina Marica Haverford College History/History of Art Senior Thesis Advisors: Lisa Jane Graham and Steven Levine 1 Contents List of Images 2 Introduction 3 I. A Sultana Taking Her Coffee 24 II. Madame de Pompadour (Munich Portrait) 40 III. Madame de Pompadour at Her Toilette 55 Conclusion 69 Bibliography 71 2 List of Images 1. Jean-Marc Nattier, Portrait of Mme de Pompadour as Diana, c. 1748. Versailles, Musée National du Château. 2. François Boucher, The Toilette of Venus, 1751. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 3. Carle Van Loo, Mme de Pompadour (‘La belle jardinière’), c. 1754-55. Versailles, Musée National du Château. 4. Carle Van Loo, A Sultana Taking Her Coffee, c. 1752. St. Petersberg, The Hermitage Museum. 5. Carle Van Loo, Two Odalisques Embroidering, c. 1752. St. Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum. 6. Carle Van Loo, An Odalisque Playing a Stringed Instrument, c. 1752. Location unknown. 7. Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Mme de Pompadour, c. 1750. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 8. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, Le Sérail, c. 1748-1754. Near Wasaw, Jablonna Palace. 9. François Boucher, Mme de Pompadour. Munich, Alte Pinakothek. 10. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Boucher’s Portrait of Mme de Pompadour at the Salon of 1757, 1758. Waddesdon, The Rothschild Collection. 11. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, Mme de Pompadour, 1755. Paris, Musée du Louvre. 12. Jean-Marc Nattier, Marie Leczinska, Queen of France, 1748. Musée Nacional des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. 13. Francois Boucher, Mme de Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1758.
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