You have probably heard about the great Marie Curie, but how many women scientists could you list to your friends beyond her? Let’s discover 10 formidable women in science who have revolutionized the ...

Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, between 1748 and 1755, currently at the Louvre Museum. Public Domain Madame de Pompadour is perhaps most associated with the ...

For more than 150 years the pastel, by French artist Maurice Quentin de La Tour, is believed to have depicted Prince Charles Edward Stuart. But curators at the gallery have conceded that the image ...

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery's pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de la Tour has become an iconic image of the prince. But research by London-based art dealer Bendor Grosvenor suggests it ...

Nationalmuseum has acquired pastel portraits by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Henry-Pierre Danloux and Joseph Boze, three artists active during the golden age of pastel in 18th-century France.