Many Muslim nobles such as nawabs (aristocrats and landed gentry) supported the idea. They were neither aristocrats nor bored bourgeoisie. Thus the national power of the landed aristocrats and gentry was slowly diminished. Rich aristocrats and businessmen also built their mansions. These were mainly supported by aristocrats and churchmen who could afford to sustain them. Bourgeois families came to study the flippant manners of the aristocrats. The ruling class was an oligarchy of merchants and aristocrats. The Baroness is the daughter of wealthy European aristocrats. Jews, therefore, became the lenders to and creditors of merchants, aristocrats, and even monarchs. At that time it was the residence of craftsmen, industrialists and aristocrats. Known especially for her portraits of wealthy aristocrats, she also painted highly stylized nudes. In the 1790s the government seized and sold church lands and lands of exiles aristocrats. The population included royalty, aristocrats, natives and foreigners. These were fashionable events of chivalric entertainment among young aristocrats. These groups were virtuosi, merchants, and elite female aristocrats.