Madame Pompadour

Mediums: oil, canvas.
Dimensions: 61 см x 52 сm.
Location: Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The painting is characterized by a certain irony, even its very name: the mistress of the king of France, Louis XV, was also called Madame de Pompadour. There are suggestions that the model for this portrait was the artist’s lover – English writer Beatrice Hastings.