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Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	5 September 1704	17 February 1788
Location of birth/death	Saint-Quentin	Saint-Quentin
Work location	Paris
Authority control	WorldCat

Description

English: Full-length portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour

Français : Portrait en pied de la marquise de Pompadour

Date

between 1748 and 1755

Medium

English: Pastel on gray-blue paper with gouache highlights, the face is cut out and mounted on the paper

Français : Pastel sur papier bleu, rehauts de gouache, le visage rapporté sur un empiècement

Dimensions

177 × 130 cm (69.7 × 51.2 in)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

English: Department of Prints and Drawings; Sully, Second Floor, 18th-century Pastels, Room 45

Français : Département des Arts graphiques ; Sully, 2^e étage, Pastels du XVIII^e siècle, Salle 45

Accession number

Inv. 27614

Credit line

English: Purchased by Paillet and sent to the Special Museum of the French School in Versailles, 1804

Français : Acquis par Paillet et envoyé au Musée spécial de l'École française à Versailles, 1804

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Unknown

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