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Marie-Louise O'Murphy (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.lwiz ɔ‿.myʁ.fi]; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814), also variously called Mademoiselle de Morphy, La Belle Morphise, Louise Morfi or Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly, was the youngest lesser mistress (petites maîtresses) of King Louis XV of France, and the model for François ...
The paintings feature a naked woman on her stomach on a couch. The first was made in 1751, whilst the second was made in 1752, although both were made by Boucher. The nude figure is thought to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy, one of the many mistresses of King Louis XV of France, who was only 14-15 years old when the painting was made.
She was Marie-Louise O’Murphy, born in 1737, who had begun work as a seamstress in Paris. The painter Boucher must have discovered her in 1751, because from then on she was employed as his model. Later she became the mistress of Louis XV.
Oct 1, 2019 · Wild Irish Women: Marie-Louise O’Murphy. By Rosemary Rogers, Columnist. October / November 2019. The famed Boucher painting of Marie-Louise O'Murphy, flanked on the left by a likeness of Louis XV and on the right by Madame Pompadour. a.k.a. Marie-Louise O’Murphy de Boisfailly, Morphy, Morphi, Mademoiselle de Murph, La Belle Morphise ...
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Marie-Louise O'Murphy de Boisfaily (21 October 1737, Rouen – 11 December 1814) was one of the younger mistresses of King Louis XV of France. Her life was dramatised in the 1997 novel Our Lady of the Potatoes. She was the fifth daughter of an Irish officer who had taken up shoemaking in Rouen, France.
Jul 4, 2023 · Marie-Louise O’Murphy, presumed to be a portrait of Louis XV of France’s mistress, was born in 1737 to Irish immigrants and worked as a seamstress in Paris. After meeting Boucher in 1751, Marie-Louise was employed by the artist to become his model. She later became Louis XV’s mistress.
