The Ashwellthorpe Triptych
Master of the Legend of the Magdalen
- Art Funded
- 1983
- Dimensions
- Centre: 83.8 x 63.2 cm, wings: 83.8 x 26.7 cm
- Vendor
- Agnew's
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.
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.