Mysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool
Why medieval painter Jean Fouquet chose to depict Acheulean hand ax remains a mystery.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/mysterious-rock-depicted-in-15th-century-painting-is-most-likely-a-stone-age-tool/#MelunDiptych #medieval #French #painter #miniaturist #JeanFouquet #Acheulean #stone #handaxe

Livius der Sorbonne, 1460 #northernrenaissance #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/livius-der-sorbonne

Portrait of the Ferrara Court Jester Gonella, 1442 #fouquet #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/portrait-of-the-ferrara-court-jester-gonella

Clovis II, 1460 #jeanfouquet #fouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/clovis-ii

Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile at Reims, 1460 #fouquet #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/coronation-of-louis-viii-and-blanche-of-castile-at-reims-1460

Preaching the First Crusade at Clermont, 1460 #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/preaching-the-first-crusade-at-clermont-1460

Charlemagne Builder, 1460 #fouquet #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/charlemagne-builder-1460

Guerre entre Girard de Cazaubon et le comte de Foix. Reddition de Roger Bernard III, 1460 #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/guerre-entre-girard-de-cazaubon-et-le-comte-de-foix-reddition-de-roger-bernard-iii

Boccaccio's De Casibus writing. A courier delivering Luvrs to Mainardo dei Cavalcanti Boccaccio #jeanfouquet #fouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/boccaccio-s-de-casibus-writing-a-courier-delivering-luvrs-to-mainardo-dei-cavalcanti-boccaccio

Back in England Isabella of France, 1460 #jeanfouquet #fouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/back-in-england-isabella-of-france-1460

Sainte Marguerite and Olibrius, also known as Marguerite Keeping Sheep #jeanfouquet #fouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/sainte-marguerite-and-olibrius-also-known-as-marguerite-keeping-sheep

Coronation of Louis VI, 1460 #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/coronation-of-louis-vi-1460

Louis XI chairing a chapter, 1470 #northernrenaissance #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/louis-xi-chairing-a-chapter-1470

Pentecost #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/pentecost

Tribute of Edward III to Philip, 1460 #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/tribute-of-edward-iii-to-philip-1460

Banquet of Charles V the Wise, 1460 #jeanfouquet #northernrenaissance https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/banquet-of-charles-v-the-wise

Portrait of Man with hat, 1475 #northernrenaissance #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/portrait-of-man-with-hat

The Coronation of the Virgin, 1445 #fouquet #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/the-coronation-of-the-virgin

Decameron, 1465 #fouquet #jeanfouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/decameron

The Arrival of Charles V (1337-80) in Paris, 28th May 1364, 1460 #jeanfouquet #fouquet https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-fouquet/the-arrival-of-charles-v-1337-80-in-paris-28th-may-1364