Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (1721-1764) was made the Marquise de Pompadour soon after becoming Louis XV's mistress in 1745. She is shown working at her embroidery frame. One of her pet dogs is beside her. The marquise's head was painted separately in April 1763 and the painting finished in May 1764, a month after her death.