LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
(b. 1704, Saint-Quentin, d. 1788, Saint-Quentin)

Marquise de Pompadour

c. 1755
Pastel on seven sheets of blue paper mounted on canvas, 178 x 2136 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This large pastel is a remarkable and famous portrait commissioned from La Tour by the mistress of Louis XV.