{"id":8367411003620,"title":"Vintage Folding Wilton Diptych | Religious","handle":"vintage-folding-wilton-diptych-religious","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage folding Wilton Diptych [copy]\u003cbr\u003eNicely framed  under glass and hinged\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the estate of a clergyman - designed to be carried on travels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ec.1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach side is approx 28cms (11\") tall and 20cms (8\") wide\u003cbr\u003eOverall 40.5cms (16\") wide\u003cbr\u003eOverall 28cms (11\") tall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wilton Diptych\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe [original] Wilton Diptych (made c. 1395–1399) is a small portable diptych of two hinged panels, painted on both sides, now in the National Gallery, London. It is an extremely rare survival of a late medieval religious panel painting from England. The diptych was painted for King Richard II of England, who is depicted kneeling before the Virgin and Child in what is known as a donor portrait. He is presented to them by (left to right) the English saints King Edmund the Martyr, King Edward the Confessor and patron saint, John the Baptist. The painting is an outstanding example of the International Gothic style, and the nationality of the unknown artist is probably French or English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe painting was drawn and issued as a print by Wenceslaus Hollar in 1639, with a dedication to King Charles I. It was documented in 1649 in an inventory of the art collection of King Charles I who had been given it by Sir James Palmer, a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber. It passed to the Earls of Pembroke who kept it at Wilton House, from which it takes its name, until it was bought by the National Gallery in 1929. 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It is an extremely rare survival of a late medieval religious panel painting from England. The diptych was painted for King Richard II of England, who is depicted kneeling before the Virgin and Child in what is known as a donor portrait. He is presented to them by (left to right) the English saints King Edmund the Martyr, King Edward the Confessor and patron saint, John the Baptist. The painting is an outstanding example of the International Gothic style, and the nationality of the unknown artist is probably French or English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe painting was drawn and issued as a print by Wenceslaus Hollar in 1639, with a dedication to King Charles I. It was documented in 1649 in an inventory of the art collection of King Charles I who had been given it by Sir James Palmer, a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber. It passed to the Earls of Pembroke who kept it at Wilton House, from which it takes its name, until it was bought by the National Gallery in 1929. 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