Madame de Pompadour Was Far More Than a ‘Mistress’ Even though she was a keen politicker and influential patron, she’s been historically overlooked ...

Three days later, a letter from Frederic to Knyphausen says, “ As to Madame de Pompadour, I shall not conceal from you my reluctance to write to her directly, as you propose; but in case it ...

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts and an artist in her own right.

Madame de Pompadour got out of it, accompanied by Madame d’Estrades, and went quickly upstairs to an apartment which had been prepared for her. Next day the King supped there with her alone; her ...

Madame de Pompadour did not hold any official authority. But she directed influence, especially in the patronage of the arts, where she became an arbiter of taste, and she exploited Louis XV's ...

Madame de Pompadour is perhaps most associated with the dramatically upswept hairstyle that bears her name today. The more historically informed might pin her as Louis XV's mistress in the mid-1700s.

The title of this magnificent new book—Everyday Rococo: Madame de Pompadour and Sèvres Porcelain—on a familiar, indeed almost clichéd subject is intriguing and intentionally paradoxical ...

Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) One of the most loved and most powerful royal mistresses was Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour—often known as just “Madame de Pompadour.” ...