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In contemporary and modern historiography it is believed Marie-Louise O'Murphy was the very young model who posed for the Jeune Fille allongée (Reclining Girl), of François Boucher, a painting famous for its undisguised eroticism, dating from 1752.
Boucher and Marie-Louise O'Murphy met through their affiliation with the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, which is also known as The Academy of Painting. Boucher was the principal painter at the academy when he met Marie and chose her to be his chief model.
Oct 1, 2019 · Her formidable rise began with a picture, a very nude, very provocative portrait of Marie-Louise by famed artist, François Boucher. She was 13 at the time. In their wretched slum, the O’Murphy family distinguished themselves by being more déshabille – okay, shanty – than their wretched neighbors.
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Apr 13, 2013 · François Boucher’s A Female Nude Reclining on a Chaise-Longue (Graphite, red and white chalk on paper). ‘As the name implies, Marie-Louise O’Murphy (the model above) was of Irish extraction,...
Feb 22, 2023 · From scavenging battlefields to usurping courtiers, these are the most licentious facts about Marie-Louise O’Murphy, the petite maîtresse. 1. She Started At The Bottom. If ever there was an opportunistic social climber or enterprising mistress, it was Marie-Louise O’Murphy.
The Blonde Odalisque or Resting Girl, (thought to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy) c. 1752. Boucher died on 30 May 1770 in his native Paris.
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.
