Madame de PompadourFrench, 1721–1764Venskabets tempel
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Not on view at present
Where is “Venskabets tempel” now? Collection: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- KKSgb28979
In the catalog
Sources
- SMK
- Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — public domain
In the life of Madame de Pompadour
The whole life1746–1757 · Residence
Château de Crécy
1750s
Under her patronage: Boucher, Réveillon and Drouais
Pompadour patronizes sculptors and portrait painters, among them the court artist Jean-Marc Nattier and, in the 1750s, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Réveillon and François-Hubert Drouais, and makes Paris the perceived capital of taste and culture in Europe.
12 October 1752
Elevated to duchess
On 12 October 1752 the marquise is elevated to the rank of duchess.
1754
The death of her daughter Alexandrine
In 1754 her daughter Alexandrine dies, not yet ten years old.
1755
Kaunitz asks her to intervene in the talks with Austria
The Austrian diplomat Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, approaches her and asks her to intervene in the negotiations that lead to the Treaty of Versailles; this is the beginning of the Diplomatic Revolution, which sees France allied with its former enemy Austria.
8 February 1756
Named lady-in-waiting to the Queen
On 8 February 1756 the Marquise de Pompadour is named thirteenth lady-in-waiting to the Queen, a position considered the most prestigious at court.
