 After Louis XIV, patronage of the arts was heavily influenced by the stylistic preferences of Louis XV’s official mistress the Marquise de Pompadour, who selected the artists and architects who would receive royal pensions, commissioned works that defined the legacy of this era, and founded the porcelain works of Sèvres. She also introduced her brother, later ennobled as the Marquis de Marigny, to the court; she arranged for the painter Antoine Coypel and the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot (later responsible for the Pantheon in Paris) to undertake his education. Wielding her political influence, she then had Marigny named Director General of the King’s Buildings, which made him an important decision-maker in giving royal commissions to artists.