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Virgin of milk. Fouquet Christmas Chad Stamp 1970

Suckling Madonna, Madonna breast feeding, of the Milk, Lactans, Madonna with angels, Fouquet. Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp. Christmas, Michel 318-20.

Dimensions: 50 x 39 mm.

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentAfrica
CountryChad
Year1970

Oil on panel (93 x 85 cm) by Jean Fouquet (Tours 1420? - 1480?), a French painter influenced by the Flemish Hubert and Jan van Eyck. The painting, dated 1453, is the right side of the Melun diptych. The model for the Virgin is thought to be Agnes Sorel, the mistress of Charles VII. It is on display in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Antwerpen).
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Oil on panel (93 x 85 cm) by Jean Fouquet (Tours 1420? - 1480?), a French painter influenced by the Flemish Hubert and Jan van Eyck. The painting, dated 1453, is the right side of the Melun diptych. The model for the Virgin is thought to be Agnes Sorel, the mistress of Charles VII. It is on display in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Antwerpen).
Learn how colonial servitude affects culture, denying or ignoring indigenous culture.