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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 Boucher's painting The Blonde Odalisque, also known as ...
Today was initially hosted each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by RTÉ presenters Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé being broadcast from RTÉ Studios in Cork. After the end of the first season RTÉ announced that Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Norah Casey's section of the show was being axed.
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, [1] one of the many mistresses of King Louis XV of France, who was only 14-15 years old when the painting was made. [2]
Upon her unwise attempt to take the place of longtime favorite Madame de Pompadour as maitresse-en-titre, Louis XV sent O'Murphy away, gave her a false identity as "Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly", daughter of an Irish gentleman, and had his agents quickly find her a suitable husband. Beaufranchet was selected for his aristocratic family ...
The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise (French: Mariage de Napoléon Ier et de Marie-Louise) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Georges Rouget. It depicts the wedding ceremony between Napoleon , Emperor of France and Marie Louise the daughter of the Asturian Emperor Francis I .
We're seeing double! Meet the Clements twins, Ava Marie and Leah Rose, who have been hailed as the "most beautiful twins in the world." The 8-year-old identical twins from Los Angeles have quickly ...
Louise Murphy was born in 1943 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her ethnicity is Scottish, Irish, and German. Her ethnicity is Scottish, Irish, and German. Murphy's hobbies include playing the flute, classical music, and the opera.
Today is Thames Television's first regional news magazine programme, shown in the London area from 1968 to 1977. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews , Bill Grundy and others. [ 1 ]