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Wilton Diptych

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The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych of two hinged panels, painted on both sides, held in the National Gallery, London. It is an extremely rare survival of a late medieval religious panel painting from England, painted for King Richard II of England, who is shown kneeling before the Virgin and Child in a donor portrait, presented to them by the English saints Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor and John the Baptist. It is an outstanding example of the International Gothic style, and its unknown painter was probably French or English. It takes its name from Wilton House in Wiltshire, where it was kept by the Earls of Pembroke before the National Gallery bought it in 1929. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1397 1
Medium
Tempera on panel 1
Location
National Gallery, London 1
Commissioned By
King Richard II of England 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. Wilton Diptych (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    The Wilton Diptych (made c. 1395-1399) is a small portable diptych
  • Description section
    The painting is in tempera, the ground paint being mixed with egg yolk and laid in thin glazes.
  • Lead paragraph [location]
    now in the National Gallery, London
  • Lead paragraph [commissioned-by]
    The diptych was painted for King Richard II of England
  • Genre reference
    The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych of two hinged panels, painted on both sides, held in the National Gallery, London.
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