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 whose lower left corner features a pile of sheet music near (15[1])a pair of pens, a pair of pink roses, and a spaniel. This woman was depicted as a gardener and as a (*) coffee-drinking sultana by Carle 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, rose-patterned turquoise dress. For 10 points–name this (10[1])patroness of François Boucher and other Rococo artists, the (-5[1])mistress (10[1])of Louis XV. ■END■

ANSWER: Madame de Pompadour [accept either underlined portion of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour]
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Kyle HuStanford BIt's Joever39-5
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Stanford A8215
Hari ParameswaranIt's JoeverStanford B14510
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B154-5
Steven YuanBerkeley BBerkeley A15510

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