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Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: Jean Fouquet
Jean Fouquet’s luminous right panel from the Melun Diptych depicts a serene, idealized Virgin and Child enthroned amid a celestial host of red and blue angels — a masterwork of 15th-century French painting.
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Jean Fouquet’s Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, the celebrated right panel of the Melun Diptych (c. 1452–1455), stands as one of the most arresting images of the Madonna in all of Western art. Commissioned by Étienne Chevalier, treasurer to the French crown, the painting presents an otherworldly Virgin — widely believed to be modeled on Agnès Sorel, the mistress of King Charles VII — seated upon a jeweled throne and nursing the Christ Child with serene, almost geometric composure.
What immediately strikes the viewer is Fouquet’s revolutionary use of color and form. The Virgin’s alabaster skin, stylized features, and exposed breast are rendered with cool, statuesque precision, while the Christ Child’s rounded, doll-like figure conveys tender humanity. Surrounding them, a tightly compressed choir of alternating red seraphim and blue cherubim fills every corner of the composition, their wings overlapping in rhythmic, almost abstract patterns that anticipate later Mannerist decoration. The bold two-tone palette of crimson and cerulean lends the scene an electrifying, almost supernatural intensity.
Fouquet’s mastery of Flemish oil technique, absorbed during his travels to Italy and his contact with Netherlandish painting, is fully evident in the precise rendering of textures — the shimmer of the jeweled crown, the softness of celestial feathers, the cool smoothness of the Virgin’s skin.
Our hand-painted oil-on-canvas reproduction faithfully captures every nuance of Fouquet’s singular vision:
- Meticulously mixed pigments to replicate the iconic red-and-blue angelic palette
- Careful brushwork re-creating the smooth, sculptural modeling of the figures
- Available in custom sizes to suit your space
- Painted by skilled fine-art craftsmen on premium stretched canvas
- Supplied unframed or with an optional classic frame
Bring one of the supreme achievements of 15th-century French art into your home or institution with this exceptional hand-painted reproduction.
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