The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons
ca. 1452–1460
Medium
Tempera and gold leaf on parchment
Dimensions
leaf: 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.4 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
Manuscripts and Illuminations
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.2490
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Fouquet · 1425–1478
Jean Fouquet (c. 1420–c. 1481), born in Tours, stands as a pivotal figure in French art, excelling as both a panel painter and a miniaturist. Little is known of his early years, but he is regarded as having trained in the Parisian workshops associated with the Bedford Master before journeying to Italy around 1445–1447. There, as the first French artist to encounter the Italian Renaissance firsthan...