1745 Pompadour en pelerine by Louis Vigée (location unknown to gogm)

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Louis Vigée was a notable artist, but his daughter Élisabeth Louise Vigéee Lebrun is best noted for portraying aristocratic fashion.

From www.pastellists.com.

This portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour shows what a pelerine looked like in the middle 1700s - it was a cape.

Keywords:  1745, Vigée, Marquise de Pompadour, Marquise, French, mistress, Louis XV, long curly coiffure, feathered hat, bbows, high neckline, neckline ruff, cape, pelerine, long close sleeves, back flared engageantes, full skirt, floral bodice ornament, necklace, earrings


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