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Madame de Pompadour, after an original by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour. Born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) was the mistress of Louis XV of France. From The Connoisseur VOL. XIV, 1906. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Madame de Pompadour, after an original by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour. Born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) was the mistress of Louis XV of France. From The Connoisseur VOL. XIV, 1906. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)