Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels is a painting by Jean Fouquet which was uploaded on November 1st, 2020.
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (ca.1420–1481) was a French painter and miniaturist.[2] A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the... more
by Jean Fouquet
Title
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Artist
Jean Fouquet
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (ca.1420–1481) was a French painter and miniaturist.[2] A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature, he is considered one of the most important painters from the period between the late Gothic and early Renaissance. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance.
Little is known of Fouquet's early life and education. Though long assumed to have been an apprentice of the so-called Bedford Master of Paris it is now suggested that he may have studied under the Jouvenal Master in Nantes, whose works were formerly assumed to be early works by Fouquet. Sometime between 1445 and 1447 he travelled to Italy where he came under the influence of Roman Quattrocento artists such as Fra Angelico and Filarete. During the 1450s he began working at the French court, where he counted kings Charles VII and his successor Louis XI among his many patrons.
One of Fouquet's most important paintings is the Melun Diptych (c. 1450), formerly in the Collegiate Church of Notre Dame, Melun. The left wing of the diptych depicts Étienne Chevalier with his patron saint St. Stephen, and is now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. The right wing shows a pale Virgin and Child surrounded by red and blue angels and is now at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Since at least the seventeenth century, the Virgin has been recognized as a portrait of Agnès Sorel.
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November 1st, 2020
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