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Loire Valley Artist
(follower of Jean Fouquet)
Two Panels from Civil Architecture: the Virgin and an Angel (?)
(overall, 25 x 32.5 cm.; Virgin, 13 x 9 cm.; Angel, 11 x 13 cm.)
France, Tours?, c. 1500
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Mounted in a composite panel, these two fragments of high quality are consistent with each other in size and proportion, as well as stylistically, and most likely come from the same larger composition, possibly an Annunciation. The treatment of the eyebrows and eyes, delineated by very fine lines of grisaille, the modeling of the face, and the highlights on the nose and chins are distinctive and executed with considerable skill (note especially the fine lines of stray hair). The style if “Fouquetian” although the panels must date a generation or so after the death of the great master. |
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