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/
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Year Created LocationNational Gallery, London 1 Commissioned ByKing Richard II of England 1 Sources
1. Wilton Diptych (Wikipedia)
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The Wilton Diptych (made c. 1395-1399) is a small portable diptych
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The painting is in tempera, the ground paint being mixed with egg yolk and laid in thin glazes.
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now in the National Gallery, London
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The diptych was painted for King Richard II of England
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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.
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