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Marquise de Pompadour

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Noun1.Marquise de Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)Marquise de Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Pompadour
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This time there are a retouched Watteau, three minor works by Boucher, a faded sketch by Natoire, and a replica, quite possibly carved by his own hand, of Falconet's Dangerous Cupid, commissioned by Mme la marquise de Pompadour and now in the Louvre.
Cupid at the Hermitage by Bruce, Donald / Contemporary Review
The marquise de Pompadour is denigrated as a self-publicist mostly concerned with a craven Blairite manipulation of public approval.
The marquise de Pompadour visits London by Bruce, Donald / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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