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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 ...
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]
O'Murphy was born in Rouen, Normandy, to a family of Irish origin with known criminal pasts. 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 ...
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The Blonde Odalisque or Resting Girl, (thought to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy) [3] c. 1752 Boucher died on 30 May 1770 in his native Paris. His name, along with that of his patron Madame de Pompadour , had become synonymous with the French Rococo style, leading the Goncourt brothers to write: "Boucher is one of those men who represent the taste of ...
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