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. This woman delicately holds a bow vertically and leans on a (-5[1])golden quiver in a painting in which her plain robes are topped by a leopard skin. A clock atop a bookcase is shown in a mirror in a portrait of this person (-5[1])whose lower left corner features a pile of sheet music near (15[1])a pair (-5[1])of pens, a pair of pink roses, and a spaniel. This woman was depicted as a gardener and as a (*) coffee-drinking sultana (10[1])by Carle (-5[1])van Loo (KAR-leh van LOO) and as Diana the Huntress by Jean-Marc Nattier. This “femme savante” holds an open book in a portrait that shows her reclining in a voluminous, (-5[1])rose-patterned turquoise dress. For 10 points–name this (10[1])patroness (-5[2])of (10[1])François Boucher (10[2])and (10[2])other Rococo artists, the (-5[1])mistress (10[2])of (10[5])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 @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%50%33%111.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023N367%0%100%154.50
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%67%127.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%67%153.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%33%151.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%25%140.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%100%156.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kyle HuStanford BIt's Joever39-5
Jaimie Carlsonmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry71-5
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Stanford A8215
MichaelBroken Imperial NomadsMagisters Ludi84-5
Young Fenimore LeaveWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUCornell C++10610
Raymond WangHutto HipposRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang108-5
Benjamin ChapmanThe Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.138-5
Hari ParameswaranIt's JoeverStanford B14510
BenBuzzers KaramazovOxford Hornets146-5
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B146-5
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainUG Championship Players (and Mazin)14710
Daniel HothemDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, IraqThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B14910
Milan FernandezMilan et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz14910
Ash SeetharamanHouston and FriendsCornell B-15010
Sheena LiNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.15010
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B154-5
Steven YuanBerkeley BBerkeley A15510
Kenji ShimizuRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHutto Hippos15510
KrolMagisters LudiBroken Imperial Nomads15610
DaoudOxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov15610
Joey SunParth et al.The Passion According to C.H.15610
Noah SheidlowerColumbia Bnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft15610
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrymeet the new weird, same as the old weird15610