Ryaba la Poule, Russian stained glass artwork at Madeleine Metro Station, France.

Ryaba la Poule is a stained glass window of about 40 m² by Moscow artist Ivan Lubennikov, made of 20 differently coloured elements and installed in 2009 at Madeleine station on metro line 14. It shows a patchwork quilt with a samovar, Sputnik 1, the hammer and sickle, a Moscow metro station, golden onion domes with crosses, the Kremlin and, at the centre of a hen, Malevich's Black Square. The story of the hen is told in French and Russian on either side of the black background, part of the French inscription running from the wall onto a golden egg.

The stained glass was a gift from the Moscow Metro, installed in 2009 on line 14 of the Madeleine station. It answered the Guimard-style stairway entrance that the Paris Metro had created for the combined Kievskaya hall of the Koltsevaya and Filyovskaya lines in Moscow. Ivan Lubennikov, who had already worked on Slavyansky Bulvar, Sretensky Bulvar and Mayakovskaya, made the 40 m² panel of 20 coloured elements.

The glass depicts the Russian tale of Ryaba the Hen as a patchwork quilt: a samovar, Sputnik 1, the hammer and sickle, Moscow metro station, golden onion domes, the Kremlin, and Malevich's Black Square at the hen's centre. The story of the hen is told in French and Russian on either side of the black background, and part of the French inscription runs from the wall onto a golden egg.

The artwork is located in a passage between two metro lines, making it easy to access during transfers between them. Visit during quieter times of day to view the details without the crowds of rush hour commuters.

The central hen contains a reproduction of Malevich's Black Square, surrounded by a samovar, Sputnik 1, the hammer and sickle, the Kremlin and Moscow metro imagery. Part of the French inscription continues from the wall onto a golden egg.