Melun Diptych

Melun Diptych

Melun Diptych is an diptych created by Jean Fouquet. Commissioned by Etienne Chevalier for the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame and completed in 1450, one wing currently hangs in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, the other in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.[1]

The name of the diptych came from the its original home in the Melun cathedral. The left wing depicts Etienne Chevalier with his patron saint St. Stephen while the right wing shows Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels . The model for the Virgin is a recognizable portrait of Agnès Sorel, King Charles VII's mistress.[2]

Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, detail of Melun Diptych (c.1450)
Wood, 93 x 85 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

See also

Significant Works of Jean Fouquet

References

  1. ^ "University of Delhi Research on Jean Fouquet". http://www.du.ac.in/coursematerial/ba/euroart/hyperlinks%202/Fouquet.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-05. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Jean Fouquet Brief Biography". http://www.answers.com/topic/jean-fouquet. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 

Further reading

  • Paul R. Wescher, Jean Fouquet and His Times (1945; trans. 1947)
  • Trenchard Cox, Jehan Foucquet, Native of Tours (1931)
  • Klaus G. Perls, Jean Fouquet (1939; trans. 1940)



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