Question

In an oval portrait of this person, she stares directly at the viewer while raising a tiny brush used to apply powder from the box in her other hand. She delicately holds a bow vertically and leans on a golden quiver in a painting in which her plain robes (15[1])are topped by a leopard skin. A clock atop a bookcase (-5[1])is shown in a mirror in a portrait of this person (15[1])whose lower left corner features a pile of sheet music near a pair of pens, a pair of pink roses, and a spaniel. (15[1])This woman was depicted as a gardener and as a (*) coffee-drinking sultana by Carle van Loo (KAR-leh van LOO) and as (-5[1])Diana the Huntress by Jean-Marc Nattier. This “femme savante” holds an open book in a portrait that (-5[2])shows her reclining in a voluminous, rose-patterned turquoise dress. For 10 points–name this patroness (-5[1])of François (10[1])Boucher and other Rococo artists, the mistress (10[1])of (10[3]0[1])Louis XV. ■END■

ANSWER: Madame de Pompadour [accept either underlined portion of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%33%111.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y367%0%100%154.50
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023N3100%33%67%127.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023N3100%0%67%153.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023N4100%0%25%140.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023N2100%0%100%156.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023N3100%0%33%151.67

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Max BrodskyIllinoisMojo Shojo4815
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Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Epic Games7015
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Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemRutgers Diaspora114-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland AThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs131-5
Chris RayOSUNorthwestern131-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago B145-5
Matt JacksonChicago AMichigan14710
Vincent DuThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsMaryland A15410
JJ TsaiRutgers DiasporaFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them15510
Emily BussaMaryland B+Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery1550
Chris SimsNorthwesternOSU15510
Liam StarnesChicago BWUSTL15510