The Alte Pinakothek has a relatively small collection of French and Spanish paintings from the period 1500 to 1780.
The most celebrated French painting in the museum is Francois Boucher’s Madame de Pompadour, 1756. Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of French King Louis XV, commissioned this work herself so it obviously shows her as a great beauty. However, even more impressive is her dress with voluptuous floral decorations.
