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 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 Diana the Huntress by Jean-Marc Nattier. This “femme savante” holds an open book in a portrait that (-5[1])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 of (10[2])Louis XV. ■END■

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Max BrodskyIllinoisMojo Shojo4815
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Epic Games7015
Mike BentleyAmartya Senpai Notice MePurdue9315
Chris RayOSUNorthwestern131-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago B145-5
Matt JacksonChicago AMichigan14710
Chris SimsNorthwesternOSU15510
Liam StarnesChicago BWUSTL15510

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%33%111.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y367%0%100%154.50