Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour, detail of a portrait by François Boucher; in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour.

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Madame de Pompadour, detail of a portrait by François Boucher; in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.

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After us the deluge. (Après nous le déluge.)Madame de Pompadour