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Virgin of milk. Fouquet Stamp Chad 1970

Suckling Madonna, Madonna breast feeding, of the Milk, Lactans, Madonna with angels, Fouquet. Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp. - Madonna with Green Cushion, Andrea Solario, Louvre. Christmas, Michel ?

Dimensions: 49 x 39 mm

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentAfrica
CountryChad
Year1970

Left: 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).
Right: The Virgin with the green cushionby the Milanese painter Andrea di Bartolo, known as Solario (1460/5-1524), painted around 1507-1510 for the Amboise family. Louis XV bought it from the Prince de Carignan in 1723. Musée du Louvre. This motif has been widely used in philately and can be found on stamps from various countries.
Learn how colonial servitude affects culture, denying or ignoring indigenous culture.

Left: 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).
Right: The Virgin with the green cushionby the Milanese painter Andrea di Bartolo, known as Solario (1460/5-1524), painted around 1507-1510 for the Amboise family. Louis XV bought it from the Prince de Carignan in 1723. Musée du Louvre. This motif has been widely used in philately and can be found on stamps from various countries.
Learn how colonial servitude affects culture, denying or ignoring indigenous culture.