The marquise de Maintenon is sending a message with this portrait through her facial expression and her dress.
From onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/studio-of-pierre-gobert-portrait-of-madame-de-maintenon/274965; spots removed with Photoshop.
The marquise wears a, probably, jeweled leather over-bodice that creates a double vee waistline and a fashionably built up curly coiffure. She has pulled down part of her bodice that would cover her left shoulder.
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