National Gallery The Wilton Diptych Saints Christmas Card Pack of 8

8,00 GBP

Description

Message inside: With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year 8 cards with envelopes presented in a decorative wallet, printed in the UK on textured paper. Created exclusively by the National Gallery. The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych from the Middle Ages. This detail shows King Richard II, Edmund and Edward the Confessor, England’s patron saints, and his personal patron, John the Baptist as they greet the Virgin and Child.About this paintingRichard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych'), about 1395-9Egg on oak, 53 × 37 cm© The National Gallery London, Bought with a special grant and contributions from Samuel Courtauld, Viscount Rothermere, C.T. Stoop and the Art Fund, 1929