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Marquise De Pompadour
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Jeanne-Aintoinette Poisson was born in 1721 in Paris, France. She would go down in history not as Jeanne-Antoinette, but as Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. She belonged to a family of grand Parisian bankers, received a refined education, and soon became known as one of the most be ....
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....tween France and Austria and France's disastrous involvement in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). She was also a generous supporter of the arts. She built a private theatre at Versailles where she often performed. Her greatest passion was for building and decorating houses, and in that capacity she made great use of Boucher. A generous Madame de Pompadour distributed royal largesse to painters, like François Boucher, sculptors such as Jean-Baptiste Pigalle and writers, like Voltaire. As a per.... |
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