Abel-François Poisson
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Abel-François Poisson de Vandières, marquis de Marigny and marquis de Menars, often referred to simply as marquis de Marigny, was a French nobleman who served as the director general of the King's Bui
The marquis de Marigny. Portrait by Alexander Roslin, 1764. Château de Versailles.
Madame de Pompadour
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Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and r
Abel-François Poisson
…Marigny, was a French nobleman who served as the director general of the King's Buildings. He was the brother of King Louis XV's influential mistress Madame de Pompadour. Non-noble by birth, Abel-François Poisson de Vandières was raised in a family of Parisian financiers. When his elder sister, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson…
Portrait by Charles-André van Loo, c. 1755
Jeanne Antoinette at a toilette table applying blush (portrait by François Boucher, 1758)
A portrait of Madame de Pompadour and a dog at the foot of her shoes (portrait by François Boucher, 1756)
Madame de Pompadour as Diana the Huntress (portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1746)