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|image=Fouquet Madonna.jpg
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|title=Melun Diptych
|texttitle=Melun Diptych
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The Melun Diptych is a two-panel oil painting by the French court painter Jean Fouquet ({{circa}} 1420–1481) created around 1452. The name of the diptych came from its original home in the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in Melun. The left panel depicts Étienne Chevalier with his patron saint Saint Stephen and the right panel, seen here, depicts the Virgin and Christ child. The Madonna wears a blue dress, white mantle and a jewel-encrusted crown. On her lap sits the Christ child, who is making a pointing gesture at the patron and the saint. The two are surrounded by blue and red cherubim, which greatly contrast with the pale skin of the Virgin and Christ child.
|credit=Painting credit: Jean Fouquet