In one depiction, this figure stands, stooping slightly, her left hand reaching down, while her right hand cups her exposed left breast; that statue, as well as a bust exposing her right breast, was sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
In one depiction, this figure stands, stooping slightly, her left hand reaching down, while her right hand cups her exposed left breast; that statue, as well as a bust exposing her right breast, was sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. In one painting of this figure, a leopard skin is tied loosely around her as she rests her left arm, which holds a bow, on a golden quiver; that painting of this figure as Diana is by Jean-Marc Nattier. Another painting of this figure shows her accepting a coffee from a black servant with her left hand, while holding an extremely long, thin pipe with her right hand; that painting is one of several by Carle van Loo which depict this woman as a Turkish lady. This woman was interested in presenting herself as a femme-savante, which inspired several depictions of her, including one in which she reclines in a turquoise dress while holding a book in her lap in a painting by Francois Boucher. For 10 points, Francois-Hubert Drouais and Maurice-Quentin Delatour also painted portraits of what woman, a mistress of Louis XV?
In one depiction, this figure stands, stooping slightly, her left hand reaching down, while her right hand cups her exposed left breast; that statue, as well as a bust exposing her right breast, was sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
Madame de Pompadour [or Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour] 