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The Wilton Diptych v1
Catalogue entry
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Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by Patron Saints (‘The Wilton Diptych’)
DillianGordon, 2024
With technical contributions by RachelBillinge and HelenHoward, 2024
Extracted from:
The National Gallery; with entries by Emma Capron, Dillian Gordon, Sarah Herring, Mary McMahon, Letizia Treves and Francesca Whitlum‐Cooper; with technical contributions by Paul Ackroyd, Rachel Billinge, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt, Helen Howard, Larry Keith, Marta Melchiorre, Britta New, David Peggie, Marika Spring and Hayley Tomlinson, Online Entries (London: The National Gallery, 2024).
Egg tempera on oak, each panel × cm (including frame); painted surface × cm
Description
The Wilton Diptych takes its name from Wilton House, the seat of the earls of Pembroke, from where it was acquired in 1929 (see Provenance).
Interior, left wing (the Richard panel)
Richard II, King of England (born 1367, reigned 1377–99, died 1400) kneels on bare earth. He is presented by Saint John the Baptist holding a lamb and clothed in a camel‐skin with its head and a hoof still attached. Beside the Baptist are two kings: Saint Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–66) holding a ring, and Saint Edmund, king and martyr (841–869/70
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Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges
1390s
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FEATURE Image: Petrus Christus (c. 1395-1472), Pietà, c. 1455–60. 39 ¾ x 75 ½ inches, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Brief Introduction to Flemish art in the 15th century.
Flemish art, as the name suggests, originates in Flanders which includes the Low Countries (Netherlands and Belgium) as well as northeastern France. The centers of Flemish art in the 15th century are Brussels, Bruges, and, later, Antwerp as well as other cities such as Liège and Tournai. Though the area had been settled as early as the 6th century, great growth and prosperity came to the region starting in the 14th century. As an international trade center centered in Bruges and, following the silting up of Bruges’ port, in Antwerp starting around 1525, Flanders experienced an influx of tremendous wealth joined to its attendant political connections and power. Such factors led to a high demand for Flemish art locally and far beyond its borders to royal courts, churches and other public and private patrons having marked influence on the European Renaissance. These rich cultural conditions in and around Flanders provided incentive for leading Flemish art masters to perfect their art technique and create magnificent pictures, particularly altarpieces, and display the latest n