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Caption
The Wilton Diptych (c. 1395-99); a small egg on oak portable diptych depicting Richard II of England kneeling before the Virgin and Child. The painting is described by the art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon as "the most beautiful dream of heaven to survive in all British art".
Reason
This is the finest British work of the International Gothic style
Articles in which this image appears
Wilton Diptych
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Unknown English or French painter from the 1390s

Promoted File:Wilton diptych; left-hand panel.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:58, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Wilton diptych; right-hand panel.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:58, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]