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Facts

Born September 29, 1703 • Paris • France
Died May 30, 1770 (aged 66) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Prix de Rome (1723)
Movement / Style Louis XV style • Rococo

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Madame de Pompadour, detail of a portrait by François Boucher; in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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