Agnès Sorel (1421-1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France mb-code IOM_MNH_1954_5754 1882 (1883)

1882 (1883)

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Agnès Sorel (1421-1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France mb-code IOM_MNH_1954_5754 1882 (1883)Agns Sorel (1421 1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France, c1450 (1849). Agns Sorel was the model for this Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels. A 19th century chromolithograph based on an original 15th century painting. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sr and A Rivaud, volume V (Paris, 1849).