The beautiful face of Madame de Pompadour
It is possible to condense the life of Madame de Pompadour in just 3 minutes?
While surfing the net, I came across the interesting video found at the bottom of the page.
Only three minutes, precisely, to tell the life of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson , better known as Madame de Pompadour.
The favorite of Louis XV she is perhaps the most famous lover in history.
Pompadour was certainly an ambitious woman and not always exempt from the art of intrigue that she had made the palace of Versailles a nest of snakes, but it wasn't just that.
Undoubtedly, she was gifted with an out-of-the-ordinary intelligence, which allowed her not only to reach the top, but also to influence, almost always positively, an entire era.
Cultured and brilliant, with her wise advice, Madame de Pompadour was the true architect of some of the most sensible decisions of the fickle sovereign of the French Alps.
And in fact he never considered her just a pleasant lover, but also her most trusted friend and confidant, one of the very few people at court she could really count on.
Not noble (the marquisate was a "gift" from Louis XV) and in poor health from an early age, the Pompadour died at just 43 years old consumed by those lung problems that have always plagued him.
The video (taken from youtube.com) which, as mentioned, only lasts 3 minutes, is in English, but also thanks to the superimposed writings, it is easy enough to understand even for those unfamiliar with this language.
And if you want to know everything, absolutely everything, about Madame de Pompadour's life, I recommend the site of my friend Lorenzo Crivellin :madamedepompadour.com.