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 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 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 patroness (-5[1])of (10[1])François 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
Jaimie Carlsonmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry71-5
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 MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrymeet the new weird, same as the old weird15610
Noah SheidlowerColumbia Bnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft15610

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