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  <title>La Vierge &#224; L'Enfant  (1450, France)</title>
  <updated>2009-04-23T14:44:33Z</updated>
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      <name>edouard</name>
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    <updated>2007-04-09T17:49:23Z</updated>
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<p>by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fouquet">Jean Fouquet</a> (France, 1420-1481)</p>


	<p>A motif of Maria exposing her naked breasts to her infant son was frequently used before the Catholic Church turned &#8216;unfunny&#8217; (after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent">council of Trent</a>, 1563). Realistic images of women disguised as Mary with bare breasts are religious and erotic at the same time.<br />Beautiful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Sorel">Agnès Sorel</a> was (likely) the model.</p>


	<p><img src="http://www.monochrom.at/english/pictures/melun-diptych.jpg" alt="" /><br /><em>La vierge à l&#8217;enfant entourés d&#8217;anges (partie droite du diptyque de Melun)</em></p>      </div>
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