The Ashwellthorpe Triptych

Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (1460 - 1515)

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery

circa 1520

The centre panel represents the Seven Sorrows of Mary, while the wings show Christopher Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and his wife Catherine as donors, both accompanied by their name-saints and identified by their armorial bearings. On the backs are figures in grisaille of Saints John the Evangelist and Barbara.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: centre: 83.8 x 63.2cm, wings: 83.8 x 26.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10256 ( Total: £41,024)
• ArtFunded in: 1983
• Vendor: Agnew's

Provenance

Commissioned by Christopher Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk; passed to the family of the Barons Berners through the marriage of Edmund Knyvet to Jane Bourchier of Ashwellthorpe; by descent to Lord Berners; Viscount Lee of Fareham by 1923.

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